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Will the Real Chanukah Hero Please Stand Up?

As the eight days of Chanukah wind down, I am thinking of a question I posed as the festival began ...

Teaching Our Larger Communities About Chanukah

Last year, just before Chanukah, a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman came to me for some assistance.  Her four-year-old daughter ...

Chanukah Gifts You’ll Feel Good Giving

Last week, I spent an incredible three days at a conference with lots of Jewish social justice professionals, activists and ...

“Shalom, Y’all”: An Arkansas Pastor’s Chanukah Wish

This blog originally appeared on Lutheran Confessions, and is re-posted here with permission from the author, Pastor Clint Schnekloth. Although ...

Whisky Menorah

I customarily make a Hanukiyah out of beer bottles, as a kind of homage to the hipsters in my life. ...

The Book of Second Maccabees

A Diaspora perspective with an emphasis on martyrdom

Must-Know Hanukkah Words and Phrases

Key vocabulary for the Jewish Festival of Lights.

Were the Maccabees Jerks?

This morning I got my Hanukkah Project CD, a new compilation record. My band Chibi Vision contributed a song to ...

What You Need to Know About the Hanukkah Story

The Maccabean revolt and the miracle of the oil.

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