This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Hanukkah
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Recipes Four secrets for making great homemade latkes for Hanukkah
Learn some essential tricks for the perfect latke that Bubbe may have left out of her handwritten recipe
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Culture Every American Hanukkah special, movie and TV episode worth knowing about
Adam Sandler, Hallmark and Disney deep cuts for your viewing pleasure
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Culture How from where we started did we ever reach this Hanukkah?
A tale of friendship, resilience, holidays, family, Katharine Hepburn and the power of an unpronounceable acronym
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Film & TV Hallmark’s ‘Leah’s Perfect Gift’ gets interfaith relationships right — and a whole lot else wrong
The new Hallmark film about a Jewish woman celebrating Christmas is more sensitive than you might imagine
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Fast Forward New children’s books for Hanukkah channel 2024’s unusual Christmas convergence
Also out this year: a picture book about a unique menorah used at the White House.
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Fast Forward A very Jewish, very New York gift guide for Hanukkah 2024
From a bagel-and-lox hair clip to a Statue of Liberty menorah, these 12 items are sure to bring NYC-style holiday happiness to everyone on your list.
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Music Promising ‘no stupid Hanukkah songs,’ The Leevees strive for a ‘two-sauce solution’
A rock 'n' roll supergroup of sorts wants to reinvent Jewish holiday music
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Fast Forward This year’s USPS Hanukkah stamp is a simple menorah with a warm backstory
The stamp was designed by an artist whose mother escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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