Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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Food 8 Crazy Latkes For 8 Crazy Nights
Adventurous latke lovers take note: 2017 is turning out to be the year of the magnificent mashup. We’re talking Indian-inspired potato pancakes in Wisconsin, latkes à la Quebecois (latke poutine!) in Brooklyn, and even a Tex-Mex rendition in Houston. For each night of Hanukkah, there’s a crazy versions of a latkes to sample: Latke Poutine…
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The Schmooze These Are The Best DIY Hanukiah Ideas On The Internet
Hanukkah is a holiday based on traditions, not commandments. Eat foods fried in olive oil? Tradition. Exchange gifts? Tradition. Try to interest anyone under the age of 18 in a game involving a plastic spinning top? Weird tradition. There’s really only one big thing the rabbis of the talmud ask us to do for Hanukkah,…
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Fast Forward Trump Says Happy Hanukkah To ‘Jewish Brothers And Sisters’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump said he was “proud to stand with the Jewish people” on Hanukkah. “Melania and I wish all of our Jewish brothers and sisters celebrating this meaningful holiday a happy and healthy eight nights in the company of those they love,” Trump said in a message Tuesday evening, the first night…
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The Schmooze Happy HAIMakkah! Listen To The Girl Band’s Killer New Hanukkah Song
Put on your yarmulke, the Haim sisters are taking over Hanukkah. Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim, known collectively as the rock band Haim, may be about to unseat Adam Sandler in the eternal Best Hanukkah Song competition. The band debuted a brief new Hanukkah song on their Instagram on Tuesday, with the caption, “sandler we’re…
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Fast Forward Ivanka And Jared Pose For The ‘Gram With Kids And Several Unlit Menorahs
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner posed with their children in an Instagram post on the first night of Hanukkah. The White House power couple stood smiling over a table strewn with menorahs, gelt and what appeared to be one golden dreidel. Curiously, only two of the five menorahs shown in the picture were lit. The…
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Community 8 Nights Of Vegetarian Hanukkah Delights
I am no cooking class expert, but the setup of the Manhattan JCC’s Vegetarian Hanukkah Dinner class seemed quite unusual. As I briefly lingered in the doorway, a sea of friendly yet confused faces framed by gray and white hair met my gaze. Four people sat to a table and there was not an ingredient…
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Life The True Story of Hanukkah Is Not The Miracle of Oil. It’s Something Far More Insidious.
Why do we light Hanukkah candles? We tell our children how to light and when to light but we don’t tell them the real reason we light. Most people believe that we light Hanukkah candles because a single pot of oil – which was meant to last one day to light the Temple’s Candelabra –…
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Life How To Teach Your Toddler About Hanukkah — When Their Teacher Is Talking About Christmas
How much would you pay for Hanukkah guilt? No, not gelt, the gold-covered chocolate coins strewn about on this Festival of Lights, but actual guilt. You know, the Jewish kind. I asked myself this as I stood in a packed Judaica store on the Upper West Side, one of the dozens of New Yorkers who…
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