This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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Life Eight Lights to Keep Jewish Feminists Warm This Hanukkah
It’s dark outside. I know, I’m stating the obvious. But this year, the darkness feels like it is swallowing me. It is not simply that it is often still pitch black when I wake up again the next morning, and already dark when I leave the Beit Midrash every night. This darkness is thick, obscuring…
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Fast Forward President Obama Hosts Jewish Leaders at White House Hanukkah Party
President Barack Obama hosted President Reuven Rivlin and a dozens of Jewish leaders Wednesday at two White House parties for Hanukkah. Obama recalled the Alan Gross was freed just in time for last year’s holiday, and noted that Gross was able to attend this year’s party. “We are happy to have him home here today…
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Recipes A Women’s Hanukkah Party
No cookies cooled on racks. No colorful frosting dripped from the counter. Nor were any dorky decorations being pasted. With grandkids away at school and an early Hanukkah date, gone were the aromas that once infused everything before winter’s highlight, Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. How sad! Where did the years go? Related Butternut Squash…
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Recipes Mushroom Barley Soup (With Beef Broth)
A hearty dish for the cold weather, this recipe combines dried porcinis with regular mushrooms for a rich flavor. Related A Women’s Hanukkah Party Butternut Squash Soup Whole-Year Vegetable Soup Meat Serves 10–12 ½ cup dried porcini mushrooms or similar 2 tablespoons parve margarine + 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 cup chopped white onions 6…
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Recipes Butternut Squash Soup
This winter soup with a toasted-pine-nut garnish is the perfect first course for a holiday meal. Related Mushroom Barley Soup Whole-Year Vegetable Soup Parve Serves 6 3¾ pound butternut squash, (2 medium squash) 2 tablespoon olive oil 5 cup or more chicken bouillon or vegetable stock 1½ teaspoons minced jalapeno chili peppers, or ½ teaspoon…
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Recipes Whole-Year Vegetable Soup
A vegetable soup thick with greens, potatoes, carrots and squash is a great recipe for the winter holidays and, really, any time of year. Related Mushroom Barley Soup Butternut Squash Soup Parve Makes 2½ quarts 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil 1 cup onions, chopped 2 celery ribs, cut ¼ inch on the diagonal 4…
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Fast Forward Syrian Refugees Participate in Berlin Public Menorah Lighting
BERLIN — A group of Syrian refugee children — along with other Muslim groups in Berlin — joined with Jewish groups for a public Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony t the Brandenburg Gate. The Syrian children joined with local Jewish kids to light the giant Chabad menorah on Sunday. Aiman Mazyek, head of the Central Council of…
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The Schmooze Justin Trudeau Lights Menorah, Melts Our Hearts
Say what you will about Justin Trudeau — he looks damn good in a kippah. The new Canadian prime minister stopped by the Liberal Party headquarters in Ottawa to light the Hanukkah candles on Tuesday. In true Canadian fashion, he posted a video to with an accompanying bilingual message. “Stopped by Liberal HQ to light…
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