Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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Fast Forward A very Jewish, very New York gift guide for Hanukkah 2024
From a bagel-and-lox hair clip to a Statue of Liberty menorah, these 12 items are sure to bring NYC-style holiday happiness to everyone on your list.
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Music Promising ‘no stupid Hanukkah songs,’ The Leevees strive for a ‘two-sauce solution’
A rock 'n' roll supergroup of sorts wants to reinvent Jewish holiday music
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Fast Forward This year’s USPS Hanukkah stamp is a simple menorah with a warm backstory
The stamp was designed by an artist whose mother escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport
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Culture Baby hippos look like potatoes — which is why this one is named Latke
The pygmy hippo calf was born during Hanukkah
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News That 98-year-old man on drums at the White House Hanukkah party? A Holocaust survivor fulfilling a dream
President Joe Biden has a history of elevating Holocaust survivors
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Fast Forward Menorahs across the US are vandalized as Jewish communities celebrate Hanukkah amid a spike in antisemitism
A Chabad spokesman said there are more public menorahs this year than ever before, and attributed the increase to the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward IDF says it is disciplining soldiers who broadcast Jewish prayers from West Bank mosque
The chief Sephardi rabbi of Israel also weighed in against the incident
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Yiddish World What to make of the Polish parliament Hanukkah incident
Given the brazenness of the far-right politician's attack, Jews may soon become more convenient political targets in Poland
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Opinion My Jewish moms group ousted me because I work for J Street. Is this what communal life has come to?
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News Student protesters being deported are not ‘martyrs and heroes,’ says former antisemitism envoy
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Fast Forward Suspected arsonist intended to beat Gov. Josh Shapiro with a sledgehammer, investigators say
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News Who is Alan Garber, the Jewish Harvard president who stood up to Trump over antisemitism?
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