8 ways to celebrate Hanukkah that don’t involve gifts
Despite Hanukkah being one of the few Jewish holidays not mentioned in the Torah, it gets a lot of play—pun intended. Shmuel Arnold of Baltimore recalls how while growing up in a secular Jewish...
Bohemian Channukah, an adaptation to Queen’s classic.
United by a strong Jewish identity and driven by the mission of connecting Jews from all over the world with their heritage through music, the a cappella professional group Six13 is the origin of...
Israel and U.S. share Hanukkah stamp design
By now, many people have noticed that on sale at the U.S. Post Office is this year’s Hanukkah stamp, which features a papercut version of the 9-branched menorah (one arm being the shamash) set...
Hanukkah Humor
Hanukkah, known as the reason why people say “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas,” has a rich history dating back to about the early 1950s. What started as a minor, non-religious holiday got swollen...
Keepin’ Hanukkah with traditional Scottish ‘keepin’ cakes’
Get ready to light the first Hanukkah candle, sing songs, play dreidel games, and, of course, eat. (Hanukkah takes place this year starting on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 2, and lasting through the...
The Hanukkah connection: Sharing the light with far-away family
For generations, lighting the Hanukkah candles together has been the stuff lifelong memories are made of. But today’s far-flung families are increasingly challenged to share the sight of the candles aglow, the sound of...
Menorahs, memories, magic: Hanukkah conjures up some startling senior moments
The menorah’s candles illuminating the dark outside never truly burn out. The latkes sizzling in the pan still give off their heavenly perfume, and the dreidel of youth spins on and on, preserving forever...
Ivanka Trump shakes lulav and etrog in the White House
Ivanka Trump. first daughter and advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, shook the lulav and etrog in the White House.
She was assisted by Rabbi Levi Shemtov, executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), who brought the special four...
Celebrating an international love fe(a)st
A whopping 7,00 faces and hundreds of flags of every color painted Israel’s capital on Thursday, parading through the streets in the 2018 Jerusalem March.
The diverse participants, decked out on Sept. 27 in costumes...
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Los ijos de Sefarad (2)
Las Fiestas Judiyas
Asigun la tradsion judiya, es defendido de invokar el nombre del Todo Podorozo en vano. Es por esta razon ke se uza el nombre de Di-o en un mizmo biervo ma aunandoLo...