This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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Opinion The Grinch Stole Chrismukkah
In my opinion, Jews shouldn’t celebrate Christmas. And that was the sentence that launched a thousand lips. I encapsulated my feelings on Jews and Christmas in a blog post I wrote for Kveller, a Jewish parenting website for which I am a contributing editor. I wrote that “if you really look at the meanings of…
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Life My Jewish Daughter’s First Christmas
What makes this Christmas different from all other Christmases?
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Food The Maca-Bee Cocktail
During Hanukkah, there’s nothing like a nice cocktail to wash down the epic amounts of fried food. Rob Corwin and Danny Jacobs, who created the popular Sipping Seder have come to the holiday rescue once again with their newest Maca-bee Cocktail, a mix of bourbon, honey syrup, lemon juice, and macadamia nut liqueur. “The Maca-bee…
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Recipes Savoring the Miracle: Hanukkah Side Salads
The miracle of Hanukkah was not, alas, brought about by a latke. The eternal flame, it seems, was kept alive not by everyone’s favorite fried Jewish food, but by olive oil. According to historians, there can be little doubt that the oil used to light the menorah 2,200 years ago was olive oil. In ancient…
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Life Interfaith Mom Is Wrong About Chrismukkah
Dear Susan Katz Miller: Most of the points you make in your recent HuffPo piece, “8 Reasons My Interfaith Family Celebrates Hanukkah and Christmas,” make so little sense, from where I sit as a Jewish mother, that I feel compelled to respond. I am aware that by doing so I am wading into the roiling…
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Recipes Buon Hanukkah! An Italian Holiday Feast
Like Jews around the world, Italian Jews, who make up one of the oldest Jewish communities, mark Hanukkah with a fried feast, but with their own spin. Holiday tables are covered with with dishes like fried chicken, mashed potato pancakes, olive oil fried eggplant and honey-soaked dough fritters. Italian Jewish cuisine traditionally varies greatly by…
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News Sfratti, The Italian Eviction Cookie
Courtesy of Alessandra Rovati 3 cups flour 1 cup sugar a big pinch of salt 1/3 cup cold butter or margarine (cold) 2/3 cup marsala or other sweet wine 2/3 cup honey 1 teaspoon cinnamon a big pinch of ground cloves, or nutmeg (optional) a big pinch of black pepper 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped…
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News Teyglech (Honey Balls)
Makes about two pounds of cookies 2 ¼ tablespoon granulated sugar 1 teaspoon table salt 2 large eggs 7 large egg yolks 1/4 cup vegetable oil 2 1/3 cups bread flour, unsifted 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 teaspoon rum flavoring 1/2 cup toasted hazelnuts, almonds, pecans (optional) 1/2 cup glaceed cherries (optional) 1-2 cups flour…
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