Tag: hanukkah
The Decline and Fall of Every Revolution (Hanukkah 5780)
22 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev found himself in a situation he never imagined he’d be in: broke.
This was the man who had led a world superpower, signed groundbreaking nuclear arms control agreements, and initiated...
![Lance Cpl. Michael Thorn [Public domain]](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Hanukkah_candles-324x235.jpg "A Hanukkah contemplation: ‘To another year’")
A Hanukkah contemplation: ‘To another year’
Some messages are simply too important to ignore. One such message, I believe, emerges from two words in the Talmud’s short discussion of the Hanukkah festival. While overwhelmingly vital and powerful, however, this communication...
Beautiful Yiddish Chanukah Song, “Borekh ate”
The *beautiful* Yiddish Chanukah song "Borekh ate" ("Blessed Art Thou")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPyFJb_0FWo
Performed by the
Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
And if you haven't yet seen the following here's the JPPC performing the *playful* Yiddish Chanukah...
US interior secretary to help light National Menorah on White House lawn
U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt will help light the National Menorah on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, D.C., at 4 p.m. on Sunday—the first night of Hanukkah.
The holiday begins on the evening of...
Kids in the kitchen light up Hanukkah
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is one of those holidays that takes over everything. The pantry overflows with bottles of oil and baking ingredients at the ready, kids decorate the house with dreidels and...
On the approaching night of shared candles
A benevolent calendar coincidence, occurring every few years, will bring us on Dec. 24 to the shared lighting of solstice calendars by both Christians and Jews. The solar and lunar calendar cycles have intertwined,...
Trump at White House Hanukkah party says he will ‘celebrate and honor’ Jews
U.S. President Donald Trump reaffirmed his support for the Jewish community at the first of two White House Hanukkah receptions on Dec. 11.
“Across our country, Jewish Americans strengthen, sustain and inspire our nation,” he said....
New Contemporary Yiddish “Hanukkah, Oh, Hanukkah”
On YouTube
A new contemporary choral arrangement of the classic song
"Oy, Khanike, Oy, Khanike" ("Chanukah, Oh, Chanukah")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anhT8GcQj9o
in the original Yiddish.
Performed by the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
For more info regarding this song,...
A ‘Top 10’ of Hanukkah gifts for kids
The eight days of Hanukkah (this year the first candle is lit on Sunday night, Dec. 22 and the last one on Sunday, Dec. 29) are the highlight of the year for nearly every...
Give it up for the (Israeli) kids: Hanukkah and winter drives
The staff and volunteers at Yad Ezra V’Shulamit’s children’s center in Jerusalem began noticing that one little girl only came to the after-school program every other day.
And when they asked her why, she told them.
“It’s because...