Why I light my menorah in the window — and you should, too
By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — In the weeks before Hanukkah, with anticipation of the holiday brightly filling my mind, the darkening news of…
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Hanukkah message from Alberta Premier Rachel Notley
(Dec. 25, 2016) – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley issued the following statement to express her best wishes for Hanukkah: “Yesterday at sundown, the women, men…
Size matters: How a ‘largest menorah’ tiff landed two rabbis in Jewish court
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — Each year in Brooklyn, Chabad Rabbi Shimon Hecht ascends 33 and a half feet to light the tallest…
The hidden history of ‘I Have a Little Dreidel’
By Albert Stern (JTA) — Within the Jewish musical canon are several songs that seem to have always existed — tunes we all know and…
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…