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Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Dec. 27- Jan. 2: Hot Rod Chanukah, Moroccan New Years Eve
VIDEO: Guinness Book great dreidel spin in Santa Monica
‘She’s acting like a Jew!‘ Ho ho ho Chanukah! [VIDEO]
Madoff, Christmas, Chanukah and Hebron
" . . . I am so proud of Rob Eshman. His condemnation of Bernard Madoff flies in the faces of those many Jews who believe in the lunacy that Jews can do no wrong . . . "
An enduring miracle
Chanukah 5769: Will the Jewish flame of our era burn forth unto our children and our children's children?
Jewish troops in Iraq can practice their faith, thanks to Navy rabbi
A short distance from the area where many historians believe the Talmud was written, Rabbi Jon Cutler leads one of the only functioning synagogues left in Iraq.
MUSIC VIDEO: Tom Lehrer—‘I’m spending Chanukah in Santa Monica’
A Tom Lehrer oldie turned into a video by a fan
The dark side of Chanukah
It is important to remember that men can never predict how their descendants will act or how their legacy of achievement will be treated
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Dec. 20-26: Chanukah, Chanukah, Chanukah
Be aware of the danger of fire with Chanukah candles
Candles burning, latkes frying, lights glowing. The holiday of Chanukah is wrapped in warm and comforting images, unless you're a firefighter. Then you recognize these seemingly innocent traditions as hazardous warnings for a December you may never want to remember.
Got a light? Pass the candle
VIDEO: Rabbi David Wolpe—Lessons of the Chanukah Candles
There are lots of 'drashim about Chanukah, the candles, the menorah and the Maccabees. Sinai Temple's Rabbi David Wolpe offers a new and fascinating look at the significance of the ceremonial candlelighting.
MUSIC VIDEO: Chabad of Conejo Chanukah party ‘Yes We Can’
There are lots of versions of this video out there -- apparently produced by Chabad in NYC and customized locally. This version promotes Chabad of Conejo's Chanukah party.
MUSIC VIDEO: ‘Chanukah, O Chanukah’ (extra kvelling version)
We don't know anything about YouTube user Birdman445 except that she posted the most kvell-worthy version of 'Chanukah, O Chanukah' we've ever seen.
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Dec. 13- 19: Chanukah, Heeb, Israel, Yiddish
Chanukah Gift Guide 2008
Here's some ideas for gifts that will continue to inspire long after the chanukiah has been put away.
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Dec. 6 - 12: Poetry of La Norte, love and latkes
The world must not remain silent
The world has never experienced such a plague of darkness like the plague of Islamic fundamentalism that reveres death over life, that teaches young people that the preferred way to get to heaven is by murdering and maiming
Menorah lights hope for second oil miracle
From Iran to Venezuela, petrodictators are using billions of our dollars to fund terrorism and propaganda against the United States and Israel, noted Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Wiesenthal Center.
Debating Presidential politics, Chanukah in August
The Iranian-American Jewish community is avidly following the presidential election scene, and Craig Taubman taped a Chanukah show.
From ‘Bucket List’ to ‘Beaufort’
In less than 48 hours, I visited Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and Tibet, and Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon. The unlikely juxtaposition was the result of attending screenings of quite different films: the flashy Hollywood premiere of "The Bucket List," followed by an understated private screening of indie Israeli film, "Beaufort."
Chanukah— the pink elephant of Annapolis
I spent the last week of November in Israel and watched the Annapolis show unfold through the lens of Israeli TV. As expected, everyone in Israel watched that show with both nervous curiosity and cynical dismissal.
But the event that truly captured the public imagination and managed to elevate people's spirit above the mundane was one that occurred 200 miles away from Annapolis, in a place called Lake Success, and it took place 60 years ago, Nov. 29, 1947.
Soviet Jewry movement marks two milestones
Chanukah celebrates the triumph of our forefathers who sought religious freedom. To commemorate the holiday, President Bush hosted Jews from around the world who had experienced religious persecution, including several former refuseniks, to celebrate religious freedom. The following evening, in the U.S. Capitol, senators and representatives commemorated the struggle of Soviet Jews and the activism of the world Jewish community on their behalf.
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.
Annapolis, Chanukah, Jerusalem, Not So Weird
Letters to the Editor
Briefs: Pearl Family menorah illuminates White House; Asians and Jews celebrate Chanukah together
President Bush lit a menorah that belonged to the great-grandfather of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Bush was joined Monday in the grand foyer of the White House by Jewish leaders and Pearl's parents, Ruth and Judea Pearl, who lit the menorah and recited the blessings for the seventh night of Chanukah. That was followed by a performance by the Zamir Chorale of Boston.
Eight days of Chanukah candle lighting - Day 8: The great donut finale
Eight days of Chanukah candle lighting - Day 7: Taglit Birthright party
VideoJew’s Eight days of Chanukah candle lighting - Day 6: The Melech of Rock and Roll
VideoJew’s Eight days of Chanukah candle lighting - Day 5: Adam, the dreidel wiz
Menorah-mobile cruises the ‘Hood
Eight days of Chanukah candle lighting - Day 4: Gino
OneVoice, one heart, one mind
Letters to the editor
JDub worldwide concerts add synergy to the season
The buzzword in business circles is synergy. That's what JDub Records was looking for when it began to think about its third annual Chanukah event.
And when Daniel Brenner, vice president for education at the Birthright Israel Foundation, told JDub heads Aaron Bisman and Jacob Harris that he was interested in doing a project with the nonprofit music label, the buzz of synergy filled the air.
Eight days of Chanukah candle lighting - Day 3: Temple Emanuel musical
Eight days of Chanukah candle lighting—Day 2, The Latke Experiment
Miriam and Shoshana are back in ‘Hardcore Hannuka Dance’ music video
Eight Days of Chanukah candle lighting - VIDEOS…with VideoJew Jay Firestone
Maoz Tzur—Chanukah’s greatest hit
In search of . . . Chanukah gelt
But what is the real origin of gelt? Is it, as my father claimed, really a long-held Jewish custom? And how did gelt evolve from money to chocolate? And why does the chocolate taste so waxy? If gelt is here to stay -- if it's going to really represent the Jews like mistletoe and holly do the Christians -- are there any better options than the molten coins of our childhood? These are some of the questions I had as I set out on my journey in search of gelt.
The secret of potato latkes
Potato latke recipes.
Top Chanukah tunes
It's the same problem every year: There are a million songs about Xmas and three about Chanukah. OK, maybe not quite that, but you get the idea. In a world where "Chanukah O' Chanukah" and "I Had a Little Dreidel" just won't do, songwriter Adam Chester created a holiday miracle: a real Chanukah song that is being played on the radio that you and your parents can sing -- together: "Eight Days and Nights."
Eight ways to <font color = 'green'>help heal the Earth</font> on Chanukah
There are three levels of wisdom through which Chanukah invites us to address the planetary dangers of the global climate crisis -- what some of us call "global scorching," because "warming" seems so pleasant, so comforting. We can encode these three teachings into actions we take to heal the earth each of the eight days.
KCRW’s gift—five days of ‘Only in America’ Jewish history
For a certain nostalgic segment of the Jewish community, Chanukah wasn't official until KCRW-FM general manager Ruth Seymour narrated her lively "Philosophers, Fiddlers and Fools" program at this time of the year. This noble tradition has now come to an end, but KCRW (89.9) has come up with a worthy replacement in "Only in America," which will air over five days in one-hour segments, Dec. 3-7 at 2 p.m.
Stories and essays and pictures illuminate holiday
Books about Chanukah.
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.
Chanukah—it’s not just about a miracle anymore
One of the Jewish calendar's most widespread and public observances, the Chanukah holiday has traditionally emphasized two miracles: the military victory of Jewish rebels over Greek invaders and the one vial of oil that lasted for eight nights. However, just as other holidays have seen their historic purpose shaped to contemporary narratives, Chanukah is increasingly being used as a vehicle for other Jewish agendas that seem to stray far from the holiday's original meaning.
Our Chanukah gift guide for the <strike>weird</strike> <strike>odd</strike>
Chanukah is less than two weeks away and Black Friday, the shopping day after Thanksgiving, is upon us. If you've been racking your brain trying to come up with gift ideas or putting off writing up your gift list, consider some suggestions from our inaugural gift guide.
They hate us for our freedom—and Christmas and Chanukah soft drinks, too!
Where is the Muslim Adam Sandler?
Washington, D. C.: Progress on both sides of the aisle
Sixty years after Roosevelt, thanks to hard work and commitment by generations of American Jews, Betsy and I stood next to a mashgiach in the White House kitchen during a time in America when nearly all politicians of import have a profound respect for the role American Jews play in our society.
Santa Claus; Uri Geller; Jimmy Carter
Letters to the Editor
Saying ‘shalom’ to Santa Claus
Occasionally, as I light a candle on the menorah on a dark December night, I think about my former Christmas dishes and the woman who bought them. I imagine that she lovingly sets them on her table, as she prepares her Christmas dinner, and I smile.
Chasids in the Hood (or Not)
This, for me, is the Chabad genius: a knack on the deed, not the talk. They don't get turned on by grand debates that lead to more grand debates. While the Jewish world agonizes over "profoundly important" issues, Chabad agonizes over getting to Kinko's on time to get their flyers out for their Chanukah event.
Humbling Wisdom
Propelled by curiosity, I asked, "By the way are you Jewish?"
"Not at all," he answered. "I was born Presbyterian, and now I am a Baptist. Maybe one day I will become Jewish. What do you think of that?"
Deciding it would be best not to answer, I acted Jewish and responded with a totally different question: "How do you know so much about Judaism and Chanukah?"
With total seriousness he said, "You can't claim to be a religious Christian without knowing Judaism. All religious wisdom starts with Judaism."
Fry the latkes, try the gingerbread
The received wisdom for Jewish parents is not to dilute, pollute or mix traditions. Christmas is such a joy bully, if you let any of it in the door, Chanukah will be blown out the window. But just as Republicans don't own family values, Christians haven't appropriated winter gladness and glitter.
ORT Ovation; Law and Laughter; Stand and Deliver
MUSIC VIDEO: Kenny Ellis—‘Swingin’ Dreidel’
Kenny Ellis sings his hit single from his 'Hanukkah Swings!' album on Favored Nations Records.
Imaginative menorahs give new twist to ancient tradition
Moses made the first menorah. God commanded him to hammer out an ornate, free-standing, seven-branched candelabrum, replete with cups, knobs and flowers, from a solid piece of gold. Back then, in the desert tabernacle, and later in the First and Second Temple, the menorah fulfilled a largely inspirational and symbolic function. It was lit with the purest oil in an outside area, and it was meant to illuminate the world with the light of God and the Torah.But the menorah has changed over time.
Chanukah holds important lesson for all faiths
Theologically, Chanukah is insignificant, yet its historical lesson is of great importance to all religious faiths.
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