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Culture How a Hanukkah faux-pas in France ignited a political firestorm
Lighting a menorah at the presidential palace, President Emmanuel Macron is accused of blurring the line between church and state
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Culture How a Jewish educator took the Hanukkah llama from TJ Maxx meme to teachable moment
Sara Beth Berman said her novelty book was "taking a piece of the zeitgeist and attaching it to a story that is meaningful"
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Fast Forward On the first night of Hanukkah, hundreds call for a cease-fire at a Manhattan menorah lighting
‘It doesn't look to me like anyone is getting safer or more secure with what is happening now,’ said City Comptroller Brad Lander
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News ‘All about light overcoming darkness’: How US Jews are celebrating Hanukkah with Israel at war
From Los Angeles to New York, many Hanukkah events are drawing connections between the holiday and the ongoing war in Israel
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Fast Forward This Hanukkah, the vice president will have 3 menorahs that represent Jewish joy and trauma
The Second Couple, who two years ago inaugurated a Hanukkah tradition at their residence, this year are maintaining three separate menorahs: at their residence and in each of their offices
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Yiddish World VIDEO: This Yiddish Hanukkah song ponders the meaning of the candles
The narrator of the song contrasts the miracle of the oil with the suffering of the Jews under the Russian Czar
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News A Jewish dad says he’s afraid to light a menorah this Hanukkah. So he’s asking non-Jews to display them in solidarity.
Adam Kulbersh’s “Project Menorah” campaign encourages non-Jews to display menorahs in their windows as an expression of solidarity during Hanukkah
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Culture Hallmark’s newest Hanukkah movie makes fun of Hallmark holiday movies
'Round and Round' knows Hallmark movies are formulaic, and it gets kind of meta — in a good way
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