Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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Recipes Deviled Eggs With Brisket and Pickles
This is a great trick when you have some leftover brisket. If you have a little sauce or pan juice from the brisket, add it to the meat; then warm in the microwave before you top the eggs. They will be even tastier. Related Brisket Sliders With Slaw Brisket Tacos Brisket Tots Fried Brisket Kreplach…
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Recipes Brisket Tots
One more reason why bar snacks are cool and brisket is hot. A recent New York Times rave says it all: At , chef Jesse Schenker’s “finger-beckoning…brisket tots have become such a category killer that he’s going through 200 pounds of brisket each week and has hired two people in the kitchen who do nothing…
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Recipes Fried Brisket Kreplach
Traditionally boiled and served in soup, kreplach can also be fried and eaten as finger food… say, your next Hanukkah party. My neighbor, Lois Baron, gave me a version of this recipe, which calls for roasting and braising a beef brisket. When I told her I intended to give it a shot using leftover pot…
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Breaking News Western Wall Rabbi Ordered To Include Women In Hanukkah Candle-Lighting
The Attorney General’s Office in Israel has ordered the rabbi of the Western Wall to include women in the annual national candle-lighting ceremony for Hanukkah. “Preventing women from participating in national ceremonies is wrongful discrimination and we request that you ensure this fact is not taken for granted and that steps are being taken to…
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Food It’s Sufganiyot Season
Breads’ filled doughnuts are hitting the bakery’s shelves today. Of the many fun aspects of Hanukkah, our favorite may be that it’s practically a cultural obligation to eat the Israeli-style filled doughnuts called sufganiyot. In New York City, you can pick them up at starting Tuesday, December 1. Filled with strawberry jam, dulce de leche,…
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The Schmooze Adele’s ‘Hello’ Gets a Hanukkah Parody, Because Obviously
It was only a matter of time before someone realized that Adele’s recent hit “Hello” would take very, very well to a makeover as “Shalom.” Comedian Ari Blau has given us that makeover, complete with unrepentantly flat singing, more applesauce than anyone in their right mind would feel comfortable with, and some surprised-looking grocery store…
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The Schmooze 8 Hanukkah Gifts That Won’t Give You Christmas Envy
It’s Hanukkah! Rumor has it that here in America, the land of plenty, people like to give gifts on this special holiday. As an Israeli, all I ever got for Hanukkah was gelt and perhaps an envelope with some crisp 20 shekel bills. But when in America, one must do as Americans do! Luckily, there…
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Opinion What Donald Trump Can Learn from Hanukkah
It’s that time of year again. The Thanksgiving turkey carcass is stripped clean. The snow boots are retrieved from the back of the closet. And politicians are renewing their annual complaint that Americans don’t say “Merry Christmas” anymore. Actually, Donald Trump first tackled this issue months ago, campaign visionary that he is, promising that we…
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