Chanukah is a time for rededication
By Rabbi Kliel Rose, (EJNews) – In just a few weeks from now we will be gathering with our family and friends to celebrate the…
Holiday Columns
Europe’s Jews prepare public Hanukkah events to ‘drive out darkness’
By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Before the attack on a Christmas market in Berlin on December 19, 2016, Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal had planned to…
Blue Crinkle Cookies Recipe for Hanukkah
By Rachel Kor (The Nosher via JTA) — In many homes, there is a tradition to bake Hanukkah cookies this time of year. Whether it’s the sugar…
8 books for 8 nights of Hanukkah
By Victor Wishna (JTA) — Hanukkah is “late” this year (no disrespect to lunar-calendar literalists), which means winter will be well underway by the time…
Hanukkah sweaters are now a thing — and I love them
By Lior Zaltzman NEW YORK (JTA) — Ever since I moved here from Israel, every late November felt like the beginning of a month-long assault….