This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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Opinion Light in Unexpected Places: My Post-Hanukkah Report
Why did sitting in my father-in-law’s Chicago hospital room two weeks ago crystallize the meaning of Hanukkah? Because so many rabbis had talked to me about light, and I saw it there. How to say this without treacle? My husband’s mother and his twin sisters never left. Or barely left. They just sat and read,…
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Food 8 Nights of Food Gifts: Preserving Holiday Spirit
Orange marmalade flavored with 10-year-old whisky. Photographs courtesy of Blake Hill Preserves I first met Vicky Allard and Joe Hanglin, the culinary couple behind Blake Hill Preserves, at KosherFest 2013, the annual celebration of all things kosher. Tucked away in the New Products room, slightly removed from the hubbub of hungry throngs sampling free food,…
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Opinion How To Be a Modern Maccabee Without Getting Arrested
Illustration by Lior Zaltzman Despite having nearly no religious significance, Hanukkah stands out as an important cultural event for American Jewry. American gentiles view it as the quintessential Jewish holiday, mostly due to its calendar proximity to Christmas and its inclusion on holiday TV programs. Jewish symbols featured in ads are used to get the…
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Opinion Enough With the Menorah Selfies Already!
Illustration by Lior Zaltzman A friend of mine on Facebook joked, “Can you fulfill pirsumei nisa (the commandment to publicize the Hanukkah miracle) by posting pictures of your menorah online?” It’s a fun, quasi-halachic question that juxtaposes an ancient commandment with contemporary technology. But it’s also a reflection of how much amateur photography has become…
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The Schmooze 754 Dreidels Spin to Record
A group of adults and children in Tel Aviv set a new world record for dreidel spinning. Some 754 dreidels spun simultaneously for 10 seconds in a row on Sunday at the Sarona Market complex in Tel Aviv. Among those taking part in the record-breaking attempt, monitored by officials from Guinness World Records, was Israeli…
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Opinion How To Survive One of the Longest Nights Ever
Wikipedia If ever there was a good night to light Hanukkah candles, it’s tonight — one of the longest nights in human history. No, that’s not a figure of speech. It is literally one of the longest nights Earth has ever seen! You may already know that December 21-22 is the winter solstice, the longest…
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Food Making Gold-Dusted Gelt with Eliot Glazer
The other day I came across a link on Tablet to a Munchies video of comedian Eiot Glazer in a kitchen, wearing an apron and making gold-dusted Hanukkah gelt. The gelt looked really good, and Glazer’s banter was a hoot — take a look. (Start paying attention to the video close to the 1½-minute mark…
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The Schmooze When Jesus Crashes the Hanukkah Party
(JTA) — Sure, his birthday usually falls around the same time as Hanukkah, but Jesus and the Jewish holiday generally don’t mix. This year, however, two Jesus-Hanukkah juxtapositions have been getting a lot of social media attention. First, there’s Bud Williams, the Springfield, Mass., city counselor who said “Jesus is the reason for the season” —…
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