This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah
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Fast Forward Using menorah from Argentina’s Milei, Volodymyr Zelensky lights Hanukkah candles with Ukrainian rabbis
“I’m sure that as you say and as Hanukkah says, the light will definitely overcome the darkness,” Zelensky told the rabbis
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Food Fried sweet potatoes with kasha, toum, and kimchi
The perfect pan-Asian homage to the latke
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Food A Hanukkah with no latkes? 3 tips for the best holiday feast of your life
Start by trying foods from across the diaspora — and getting creative about oil
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Culture In a first-ever Hanukkah doughnut contest, New York bakers battle for best in dough
A first-of-its-kind 'doughnut duel' saw traditional and new recipes duke it out
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Opinion Christmukkah is old news. This year, try merging Hanukkah with an ancient Persian holiday
Two L.A. Jews blended Hanukkah customs with those belonging to Yalda — to tremendous results
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Opinion Celebrating Chrismukkah? There’s a food for that.
That traditional Christmas dish you’re serving might just be Jewish
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Culture Fred Flintstone, vulvas and pot paraphernalia: 8 unconventional menorahs for Hanukkah
It’s not too late to take some strange inspiration for lighting the candles
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Music How Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah shows became the most joyous bash of the holiday season
Yo La Tengo plays 8 straight nights at Bowery Ballroom — and no show is the same
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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