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Fast Forward Don’t Worry: Sheldon Adelson Got His Latkes At White House Hanukkah Party
President Trump and First Lady Melanie Trump hosted their second annual White House Hanukkah party on Thursday, for a total of more than 600 guests, Jewish Insider reported. It was split into two: one in the afternoon and one in the evening. U.S. Army Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Rabbi Shmuel Felzenberg and Rabbi Avraham Friedman of…
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Fast Forward New Hampshire City Won’t Display Menorah In Park For Fear Of Vandalism
Officials in a New Hampshire city will not allow a 10-foot menorah to be displayed next to a decorated Christmas tree at a local park, the Associated Press reported. Officials in Durham denied the request of UNH & Seacoast Chabad Jewish Center to place the menorah next to the tree out of concern of vandalism,…
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Food Climate Change Is Affecting Olive Oil Production. Will There Be Another Hanukkah Miracle?
According to tradition, a small olive oil jar was used to light the menorah in the Second Temple in Jerusalem for eight whole days, after the Jews had successfully risen against their Greek-Syrian oppressors. Even today, many people still light their Hanukkah menorahs with olive oil candles. It is no coincidence that the tradition of…
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Life Stop Spoiling Your Kids On Hanukkah
Most parents want to give their children the world. But it’s sometimes difficult to know when to draw the line between giving our kids the world and ensuring they don’t grow up spoiled, having everything handed to them. This line becomes especially hard to navigate around Hanukkah, as our children are bombarded with the overt…
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The Schmooze Rachel Bloom Unveils Vagina Menorah — Just In Time For Hanukkah
Marc Chagall. Max Weber. Lucian Freud. Rachel Bloom is not the first Jewish artist to create work that shocks and provokes powerful men, and she will not be the last! Her art, perhaps, surpasses all the others in terms of pun-usage. The creator and star of CW’s musical comedy “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” took to Twitter to…
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Community The Great Latke Debate: Applesauce vs Sour Cream
For many American Jews, Hanukkah is synonymous with latke season. Pillowy on the inside and perfectly crisp on the outside, these potato pancakes are delicious just about however you serve them. But like any Jewish matter, a contentious debate takes place every year over what the best way to top them is. Traditionally, either sour…
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Food The History of the Latke-Hamentash Debate – Alive And Well Since 1946
For 72 years running, some of the country’s foremost scholars have gathered in one of the University of Chicago’s most Gothic halls to debate one of the most challenging questions of our time: what is superior, latkes, the Hanukkah fried potato special, or hamentashen, the triangular Purim pastries? To paraphrase 2018 debate moderator Joshua Feigelson,…
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Food At Brooklyn’s Latkefest, A Short Rib Latke Wins 1st Place
At the 10th annual Latkefest, taking place at the Brooklyn Museum, 26 different versions of the latke, from deconstructed to overstuffed, were being studiously examined by judges and over 500 participants, in a continuation of a decade-old New York tradition. All proceeds went to benefit the Sylvia Center, a non-profit dedicated to teaching children nutrition…
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