This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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Culture Celebrating Hanukkah and Kwanzaa is easier than ever this year — as long as you can find the right candles
Coinciding holidays beg for a joint Kwanzakkah observance.
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Culture She’s Jewish and wrote 12 Hallmark Christmas movies (and 2 about Hanukkah)
One film was inspired by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, while another has a less famous muse: a friend from the Jewish Federation
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News Hanukkah’s arrival on Christmas Day renews ‘Chrismukkah’ deliberations for interfaith families
Some families decorate their Christmas trees with Hanukkah ornaments. Others avoid the holiday season altogether
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Fast Forward Mayor Eric Adams calls himself ‘a modern-day Maccabee’ at pre-Hanukkah party at Gracie Mansion
Earlier in the day, Adams had lost a bid to dismiss the bribery charges against him. Nonetheless, the crowd Tuesday night was all smiles and good cheer
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Life A comprehensive guide to the best Hanukkah songs of all time, from ‘I have a little dreidel’ to the latest Wicked parodies
Hanukkah songs from Adam Sandler, Daveed Diggs, and more
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Culture Why Pastramakah should become the next great Jewish tradition
Started in a Las Vegas bar, the celebration marries cured meats and the Festival of Lights
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Fast Forward ‘We can never lose hope’: Biden’s message to Jewish community at his final White House Hanukkah party
Plus: Watch a livestreamed video from the Monday night event
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Film & TV This Hallmark Hanukkah film is a minor miracle
‘Hanukkah on the Rocks’ is not purely for the goyishe gaze
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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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