This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah
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Opinion Liberal-thinking Jews like me need a new way to think about Hanukkah
The author of a new prayer book for non-theistic Jews imagines a holiday that doesn’t celebrate military might or the supernatural
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Peter, Paul and Mary’s “Light One Candle” — in Yiddish
Three siblings of the musically renowned Mlotek family recently recorded a new translation of the Hanukkah song
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Fast Forward Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall cancels annual Hanukkah concert, citing singer’s IDF ties
Last year marked 10 years since the post-Holocaust revival of Amsterdam’s Hanukkah concert series
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Culture Nobody wants all those menorahs in ‘Nobody Wants This,’ do they?
What the interior decor of 'Nobody Wants This' reveals about its Jewish characters
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Film & TV Is there a Messianic Jew on Disney’s ‘Mickey Mouse Funhouse’?
A Jewish character wears a necklace with a Messianic seal at a Hanukkah celebration
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Fast Forward His home did not survive the Eaton Fire. But one precious family heirloom did.
The Eaton Fire claimed Josh Kotler’s home but his grandmother’s menorah survived
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Fast Forward A Strands shanda? NYT game misspells Hanukkah in Festival of Lights-themed puzzle
Several of the Jewish foods included in the word search also raised eyebrows
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Opinion Hidden in Hanukkah is a story of Jewish unity. At the end of this fractious year, we must heed it
Hanukkah rituals were built to tie us together through our differences — not erase them
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