Rabbi Mark Glickman: Chanukah – A Secular/Religious Festival for the Ages
By Rabbi Mark Glickman (Edmonton) – To the rabbis of the Talmud, Chanukah seems to have been in a category of its own. Unlike other…
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Rabbi Gila Caine: Places of Goodness
by Rabbi Gila Caine (Edmonton) – How good are your tents, Jacob: your dwelling places, Israel? ה־טֹּֽבוּ אֹהָלֶֽיךָ יַעֲקֹב מִשְׁכְּ֒נֹתֶֽיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל My son sings this…
Cantor Russ Jayne: The stories of Hanukkah
By Cantor Russ Jayne (Calgary) – Stories have great power. We tell stories about ourselves and about our communities because they give our lives meaning,…
From llamas to a Jewish superhero, these 8 children’s books bring new characters into the Hanukkah story
by (Penny Schwartz) (JTA) — Move over, Maccabees. This season’s crop of seven new Hanukkah books for kids puts the spotlight on new heroes, from playful…
WATCH: How to make perfect latkes for Hanukkah
by Shannon Sarna (This article originally appeared on The Nosher.) Making crispy potato latkes is a skill every Jewish cook wants to master. It’s not…