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Brotherly Love

With Chanukah recent history, I came across a fascinating review of a new book, \”The Business of Holidays.\” The book\’s editor, Maud Lavin, notes that 81 percent of U.S. households celebrate Christmas with a tree in their homes, and not everybody is Christian. The line between Christmas and Chanukah has become very blurry in recent years, according to Lavin.

Chanukah and adult faith

A lot of people have trouble with Chanukah. I did, for years. I\’d go to parties and nibble on my latke or sufganiyot while grumbling under my breath about how there was nothing here to celebrate. I\’d light my Chanukiyah, but I\’d only do the bare minimum needed to fulfill the mitzvah and I\’d do my best not to enjoy it. My problem then, and the problem of the people who this year have already informed me that they\’re all but going to boycott the holiday, is that the history of this particular celebration is, well … complicated.

Follow your heart to a vegetarian Chanukah feast

In keeping with an annual tradition started 35 years ago, Canoga Park\’s Follow Your Heart\’s Jewish owners, Bob Goldberg and Paul Lewin, will hold their Chanukah Feast on Dec. 19, 4 p.m.- 9 p.m.

A Chanukah for the party people

On the first night of Chanukah my true love gave to me…social justice? That\’s the theme of one of the hottest parties of the Chanukah season, \”Vodka Latka: The Festival of Rights,\” sponsored by the Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA), JDub Records and Reboot on Dec. 13 at the El Rey Theatre in Mid-Wilshire.

A wish list of guilty pleasures and goofy gifts

We\’ve all been there.

You go to the store, turn on the TV or pick up a catalogue and see something incredibly silly that you never in a million years would buy for yourself (it\’s also called a \”guilty pleasure\”). But you can always say you are buying it for someone else. So in the grand tradition of the Pet Rock, the Moses action figure and the snow cone machine, The Journal presents the Chanukah gifts you really want but won\’t admit it.

Originality trumps repetition in the holiday songs battle

I will be frank. I\’m tired of hearing the same holiday songs over and over. So the best Chanukah present I\’ve received this year is a pile of Chanukah-themed CDs with lots of new holiday songs, many of them quite good.

Eight ways how ’tis better to give back

Having trouble finding the perfect gift for the one who has everything? Want to give back to the community this holiday season and into 2007? Here are eight great ways to contribute.

Has your gift list got game?

Demand for PlayStation 3 and Nintendo\’s Wii is outstripping the available supply, and analysts predict the shortage could lead to increased demand for Microsoft\’s Xbox 360.

But how will you know which system is the right fit for your family?

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