This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah
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The Schmooze Happy Hanukkah From Mayim Bialik
Mayim Bialik knows that nothing says Happy Hanukkah like menorah sweggings (sweater-leggings, for all you regular pants-wearers). Enjoy! Post by Official Mayim Bialik Page.
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The Schmooze 8 Best Hanukkah Videos of 2014
Rabbi Jason Miller, tech entrepreneur and blogger, has once again come up with a list of the best Hanukkah videos of the year on his blog. Each year I put together a list of the best Hanukkah videos for the year and this year I’ve really narrowed the list to only the best of the…
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Food 8 Nights of Food Gifts: A Box of Israeli Treats
A quarterly shipment, pre-flight. Photograph courtesy of Koofsa Inbal Baum, founder and guide of Delicious Israel culinary tours, has launched a mouth-watering new business for U.S.-based foodies who swoon over Israeli flavors but can’t find an exciting range of authentic products here. With the recent launch of Koofsa (which means “box” in Hebrew), Baum is…
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Fast Forward Steven Sotloff’s Parents To Light Miami Menorah
The parents of Steven Sotloff, the Jewish journalist who was beheaded by a member of ISIS, will light a public menorah in Miami in his memory. Arthur and Shirley Sotloff will light the first candle of Hanukkah Tuesday night at the Chabad center in Miami. “Steve was a proud Jew who always enjoyed the holidays,”…
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Food Are Gingerbread Houses for Jews Too?
Is the world ready for Hanukkah gingerbread houses?
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Life Is a Pink Sparkly Barbie Wrong for Hanukkah?
Bratz dolls. Courtesy: MGA Entertainment (Haaretz) — We modern parents do our best to empower our little girls. We assure our daughters that they are strong, smart, capable and can be anything they want to be – doctors, lawyers, athletes, scientists or world leaders. At the same time, we try to teach our boys to…
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Fast Forward Women of the Wall Won’t Get Hanukkah Candle-Lighting at Kotel
A request by Women of the Wall to hold a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony in the women’s section of the holy site was denied. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the rabbinic authority of the Western Wall and holy places, denied its request, Women of the Wall said in a statement Sunday. According to the group, Rabinowitz said the…
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Food Hanukkah Gelt’s Dark (Chocolate) Backstory
Buying fair trade chocolate — in the form of gelt, or even sufganiyot — makes particular sense on Hanukkah, when we celebrate freedom from tyranny. Photo courtesy of Ilana Schatz. When I first learned about the issue of trafficked child labor in cocoa fields, I immediately thought of the gelt that I’ve eaten every Hanukkah…
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