Hanukkah

Don’t Forget This Important Holiday Gift

This is a crazy time of year. Life is hectic. We’re working and scheduling those last few very important meetings ...

The holiday of Hanukkah should be a fraught one for American Jews. Most of us know it as a gift-giving holiday, ...

With the flurry of discussion about how Jewish and interfaith families are handling the confluence of Hanukkah and Christmas this ...

Spirituality is biography. Jewish spirituality and Jewish biography both demand a duty to speak out, reject silencing, and stand up against any ...

Each of us has our unique rituals and family traditions at this time of year. In this piece, Kate Hermann-Wu, ...

Last night our congregation’s chant meditation group met to contemplate light as we arrived at the cusp of the darkest ...

When I was a kid, the crème de la crème of latkes were the frozen ones. And I don’t mean ...

Chinese food on Christmas: it just goes together like peanut butter and jelly. Like matzah balls and chicken soup. And ...

There is more to Hanukkah than just latkes and sufganiyot–the holiday table is important as well! A beautifully decorated table ...

As we approach our upcoming Festival of Lights, our stories about the Maccabees and our nation’s triumph over religious and ...

I’ve been joking this year that with Hanukkah starting on Christmas Eve, our holiday doesn’t have a chance to compete ...

The following story and recipe come from the book Traditional Jewish Baking by Carine Goren. I was never able to ...