This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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Fast Forward White House Uses Holocaust Era Menorahs at Hanukkah Party
Two menorahs with Holocaust era associations were used at White House Hanukkah receptions, and “Thanksgivukkah” and the “menurkey” got mentions as well. President Obama for the first time hosted two Hanukkah parties on Thursday – the last day of the holiday, and technically after the final menorah lighting time – because of the overflow. The…
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Culture ‘Tis the Season For Holiday Synthesis
Now that doughnuts filled with pumpkin crème and potato latkes festooned with cranberry sauce have been safely consumed, and all those recently purchased menurkeys, where “the candles meet the turkey,” are stowed away until the next time they are destined to put in an appearance, it is high time, I think, to take a moment…
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Fast Forward Obama Hosts Two Hanukkah Parties To Accommodate Large Guest List
President Obama is for the first time hosting two White House Hanukkah parties to accommodate the high demand for attendance at such events. The identical parties will take place consecutively, Thursday afternoon and evening, the last day of Hanukkah. Obama’s predecessor, President George W. Bush, launched the tradition of annual formal Hanukkah parties amidst the…
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Food A Hanukkah Recipe Lesson
Every November, the stores start piping in holiday music. Santa is everywhere and the shelves are stocked with eggnog, candy canes and shiny decorations. The Hanukkah section is relegated to a small section in Target; some blue paper plates and a box of latkes mix. Last year I ignored it, this year with my daughter…
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Life Gender Segregation Snafu at University Candle Lighting
It looked, at first, like another chapter in Israel’s gender segregation wars. On Monday, an Open Zion/Daily Beast headline screamed that Ben Gurion University of the Negev had prohibited women from lighting the Hanukkah menorah. If a university rabbi had his way, that would have been true. Even the president of the university, Rivka Carmi,…
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News Jews Bid Farewell to Bloomberg, With Powdered Sugar on their Lips
And on the sixth night of Hanukkah, Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the Jews all the jelly donuts they could handle. Waiters bore the ponderous mounds of donuts into the event hall at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, where 500 of the mayor’s guests were celebrating the last official Hanukkah party of the Bloomberg administration. It…
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Opinion ‘Happy Holidays,’ You Liberal So-and-So!
With Thanksgiving now over, it’s time for the annual battle over the “war on Christmas.” This year, it is playing out on Republican T-shirts. The National Republican Congressional Committee is offering its supporters a holiday red T-shirt, fit just for the season. On the front a sneering punch line reads: “’Happy Holidays’ is what liberals…
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Opinion After Sandy, One Shul Celebrated Hanukkah Without Lights
It has become my annual ritual. I flippantly say, minutes before the first night of Hanukkah, “I’m going to 116th Street to blur the separation between church and state.” Apparently, some very well-meaning and generous person from Indiana donated a large, electric menorah to the Jewish community of the Rockaways following 9/11, because our community…
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