This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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Food The Donut Diaries – Fourth and Fifth Nights
Each night of Hanukkah, donut blogger and connoisseur Temim Fruchter will share one of America’s best donuts to devour during the holiday. Click here to read last night’s installment and check back each day for a different city’s top donut. Dynamo Donut, San Francisco I have three words for you: chocolate rosewater glazed. I couldn’t…
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Food Mixing Bowl: Hanukkah Edition
This week in the world of Jewish food we’ve all been lusting after delicious fried Hanukkah goods, but in case you need a break, we bring you some healthy Hanukkah culinary options as well. Happy Hanukkah. For Hanukkah recipes from Mario Batali’s Latkes with Apple Sauce to Brisket Bourguignon check out Serious Eats’ Hanukkah page….
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The Schmooze Happy Hanukkah — Don’t Burn Your House Down
Latkes sizzling, dreidels spinning, menorahs burning… They may love the first two Hanukkah traditions, but Israeli firefighters have come to dread the Festival of Lights for the menorah-related surge of house fires it brings, the Associated Press reports. Many Jews light the holiday candles “too close to the drapes,” firefighters say; Jerusalem fire department spokesman…
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Food The Donut Diaries – Third Night
Each night of Hanukkah, donut blogger and connoisseur Temim Fruchter will share one of America’s best donuts to devour during the holiday. Click here to read last night’s installment and check back each day for a different city’s top donut. SK’s Donuts and Croissant, Los Angeles When you are serious about donut-consumption, you need trustworthy…
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The Schmooze Schwarzenegger Dances the ‘Hora’
We can’t decide if this is the most awkward or hilarious thing we’ve ever seen, but check out the video below of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dancing the “Hora” yesterday with a group of Hasidic rabbis in Sacramento. Apparently, the gov was so excited that he tweeted: “Dancing the Hora today at the Menorah Lighting….
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Food The Donut Diaries – Second Night
Each night of Hanukkah, donut blogger and connoisseur Temim Fruchter will share one of America’s best donuts to devour during the holiday. Click here to read the first night’s installment and check back each day for a different city’s top donut. Mighty-O Donuts, Seattle Attention vegans: If you have not been to this incredible (and…
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Food Hanukkah Dessert – Baked Not Fried
Hanukkah is all about the fried stuff. Fritters, pancakes, and pastries are the best known, but just the beginning. Almost anything edible can be fried in oil or animal fat. If it tastes good, Jews somewhere are enjoying it. Even and, depending on where you’re from, especially pickles. Culinary creativity with a frying pan and…
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The Schmooze Hanukkah, Festival of Cheese?
Despite Howard Jacobson’s slightly miserable interpretation of Hanukkah in the New York Times, the Jewish festival of lights has inspired YouTube moviemakers in recent years to make or post some fun videos. Hanukkah wouldn’t be Hanukkah (or Chanukah, or Khanike) without Adam Sandler’s song, either the original, the Neil Diamond cover or the follow-up. Sandler…
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