Posts Tagged: Hanukkah
A Somber Hanukkah-Christmas Reminder
It is sadly fitting that, for the first time since 1978, this year the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle coincides with Christmas Eve. Though...
A Hanukkah Guide for the Perplexed, 2016
1. Hanukkah and Jewish immortality. In 1899, Mark Twain wrote: “Jews constitute but one percent of the human race…, [but] their contributions to literature, science, art, music,...
Israel’s First Hanukkah Candle Factory Endures 77-Year History
JNS.org - The Menorah Candle Company, a manufacturer and exporter of millions of Hanukkah candles worldwide, is one of the oldest businesses in the industrial zone of...
Eight Quotes to Brighten Your Hanukkah
Winter is upon us, and the New York winds bring a bone-rattling chill. In the midst of shorter days and longer nights, we stay inside...
‘My Fat Dad’ and Memories of Eating on Hanukkah
JNS.org - In her memoir, “My Fat Dad,” New York Times wellness blogger and nutritionist Dawn Lerman shares her food journey and the story of...
Jewish Hanukkah Boycotters and the Banality of Hypocrisy
JNS. org -- Do you remember when Jewish organizations boycotted events sponsored by President Barack Obama because of his past association with the anti-Zionist, antisemitic...
Jewish-Azerbaijani Hanukkah Party: Why Wouldn’t We Go?
JNS.org -- Is Judah Maccabee rolling over in his grave? Hardly. Indeed, the hero of the Hanukkah story would have delighted in the sheer scope...
Instilling Jewish Pride, Building Courage and Fostering Brotherhood
Hanukkah, our Festival of Lights, is fast approaching. In recounting the heroic story of the Maccabees, the Jewish rebel group that lived in the land...
Hanukkah Memories
Any holiday celebrated with chocolate coins became my instant boyhood favorite. Years before my bar mitzvah I was eager for Hanukkah, when eight nights of...
Finding a Balance in the Meaning of Hanukkah
The Hanukkah story is a good example of how a religious culture can develop over time and why. It is, in fact, based on historically documented...
Hanukkah Guide for the Perplexed, 2015
1. Hanukkah’s historical context, according to the Books of the Maccabees, The Scroll of Antiochus and The War of the Jews by Joseph Ben Mattityahu (Josephus Plavius) is as...
On Hanukkah, We Celebrate Those Who Gave Their Lives for Judaism
Hanukkah is a time to reflect upon the many ways that the Festival of Lights has impacted Jewry throughout history. In the era following the conquest of the...
8 Ways to Celebrate Hanukkah — Without Gifts
JNS.org - Despite Hanukkah being one of the few Jewish holidays not mentioned in the Torah, it gets a lot of play — pun intended....
A Kuwaiti Muslim’s Journey to Hanukkah
When Mark Halawa lights his family's menorah during Hanukkah, it is not without recalling his unique journey as a Kuwaiti Muslim to Orthodox Judaism. The...
