Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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Opinion Why So Many Brooklyn Orthodox Jews Are Dying In Tragic Fires
The flames were terrifying. The losses, unbearable. The similarities, deeply sobering. When seven children of the Sassoon family, ages 5 to 16, died together in an early morning March 2015 house fire, caused by a faulty Sabbath ritual hot plate, a neighbor, Yosi Azan, wrote in a Hebrew Facebook post that he knew the family….
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Community My Hanukkah Miracle In A Nursing Home
It was the 8th night of Hanukkah, and few of the 80 Jewish residents at the Manhattan nursing home where I worked as a recreation therapist worked really cared. The overwhelmingly non-Jewish residents celebrated with trees, special programs, and greetings relating to their holiday. But nevertheless, I made a Hanukkah party, which was heartening for…
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Community Hilchos Marijuanakkah
The holiday of lights is super lit. Get holy and high with these Hilchot Marijuanakkah, the real high holy daze. 1) One must light one joint for the first night, and two joints for the second, etc. One must go up in number, not down. 2) One must share their stuff because of the commandment…
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Life What’s Your Hanukkah Menorah Worth?
Hanukkah menorahs and lamps can be valuable — depending on their origin, material, size and decoration. Since the majority European Jews was very poor, not everyone owned their own menorah. When they did, it was usually made of brass or pewter — less expensive metals than silver. Silver lamps are often very ornately decorated with…
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Life Why I Hate Hanukkah
For years, I’ve taken care to light the Hanukkah candles with my children. I fry latkes every single night for eight nights and make sure we sing all the right songs. I buy doughnuts filled with jelly and sometimes even make my own. And I hate every moment of it, because it was at Hanukkah…
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Fast Forward It’s Hanukkah Every Day Of The Year In This Picture-Postcard Italian Town
It’s always Hanukkah in this picturesque town in northern Italy’s Piedmont region. Jews have lived in Casale Monferrato for more than 500 years, with the community reaching its peak of 850 members at about the time Jews here were granted civil rights in 1848. The town still boasts one of Italy’s most ornate synagogues, a…
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Recipes Liza’s Stress-Free Latkes
I made my standard latkes last night, mixing things up only a little: Since one friend was gluten-free, I substituted brown rice flour for regular flour (or matzo meal) and it worked perfectly. And because I wasn’t in the mood for the fancy crème fraîche and salmon-roe garnishes I used when I took this picture,…
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Food The (Sour) Cream of the Crop
When it comes to latkes, we are a sour cream family. In fact, my mother thinks sour cream goes with everything. Not that there’s anything wrong with applesauce. But sour cream, or smetana in Russian, is in our DNA as one of the key ingredients in Russian cuisine. So this year, I’d like to take…
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