This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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Fast Forward RBG Adds A Very Jewish Scrunchie To Her Collection
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s commitment to her Jewish identity has long been documented. Now she will be showing it in the form of her favorite accessory— a scrunchie. Rabbi Yael Buechler, founder of Midrash Manicures, a company dedicated to “creative religious expression,” recently sent RBG a Hanukkah scrunchie to add to her collection, according to Hey…
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Community The Unlikely Friendship Between A Chabad Rabbi And A Professional Fratboy
Andy Borans: The Man and The Legend. Borans, head of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity for over two decades, is the person who has single-handedly had more influence on college students than any other college professional. AEPi is his life, his family. Borans is all about developing future Jewish leaders. One of my earliest encounters…
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Fast Forward Nearly 2,000 Golden State Warrior-Branded Menorahs Recalled Over Fire Hazard
Nearly 2,000 special menorahs given out during the Golden State Warriors’ Jewish Heritage Night last December have been recalled. According to press releases, the glue that holds the menorah together can melt if exposed to heat, leading the candle to fall over and start a fire. No injuries have been reported from the use of…
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Fast Forward Survivors Of Brooklyn Hanukkah House Fire Released From Hospital
(JTA) — The surviving members of a Brooklyn family whose house burned down in a fire started by a Hanukkah menorah were released from the hospital. Yossi Azan and two of his children — daughter Shalit, 16, and son Daniel, 15 — were released from a local hospital this week, the Yeshiva World News reported….
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Recipes Game Day Brisket Sliders With Slaw
Consider making brisket for Friday night dinner and using the leftovers Sunday for a perfect Super Bowl snack. Many supermarkets carry slider buns — and if you can find little brioche or potato rolls, all the better. Makes 12 12 slider buns 1½ pounds braised brisket with sauce (leftovers are fine) ¼ cup mayonnaise 3…
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Fast Forward Remember Orrin Hatch’s Hanukkah Song?
Orrin Hatch, the senior U.S. Senator for Utah who announced his retirement plans Tuesday, has spent four decades in the U.S. Senate. He also once wrote a Hanukkah song. The song, titled “Eight Days of Hanukkah,” was written on the suggestion of Jeffrey Goldberg, now the editor of The Atlantic. Goldberg mentioned the idea in…
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Fast Forward Online Campaign Raises Over $550,000 For Survivors Of Brooklyn Hanukkah Fire
(JTA) — A crowdfunding campaign created to aid the surviving family members of a Hanukkah house fire in Brooklyn has raised over $550,000 in eight days. Aliza Azan, 39, her sons Moshe, 11 and Yitzah, 7, and a daughter, Henrietta, 3, died in an early morning house fire on Dec. 18. Police are looking into whether…
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Food Potato Pancake, Sure. But Can You Call It A Latke?
There was a lot of talk about grandmothers at the 9th Annual Latke Festival, held during Hannukah at the Brooklyn Museum: their recipes, their knuckles, their advice and their place at the hot stove. But no admitted Jewish grandmothers were on hand at the festival to insist on proper latkes. So what makes a latke…
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