Top Hanukkah Videos for 2010
If you haven't received an email or Facebook message in the past week with the link to the Maccabeats video of "Candlelight", you might want to check that your computer is actually plugged in.read more
View ArticleBest Jewish Apps of 2010 for iPhone & Android
My list of the Best Jewish Apps of 2010 here at The Jewish Week has generated a lot of attention. The list of thirty-three apps for the iPhone, iPad and Android phones has been reposted on several...
View ArticleThe 10,000 Menorahs
Linda Saslow Special To The Jewish Week After an anti-Semitic incident, a message of hope from Montana.It was a quiet night during Chanukah 1994, in the peaceful town of Billings, Mont., when a brick...
View ArticleHave Yourself a Hitchensonian Chanukah
I’m sure Christopher Hitchens would have no problem with me, an admirer, taking him to task for a shoddy piece he wrote about Chanukah a few years ago in Slate. Hitchens, the eloquent atheist and...
View ArticleHow Do You Spell Hanukkah?
The #1 question during Hanukkah is: What is the correct way to spell the name of this holiday? As I blogged about last year, "Since it's a Hebrew word that is transliterated into English, there are...
View ArticleTop 12 Chanukah Happenings
Monica Rozenfeld Special To The Jewish Week Media Group Chanukah – among many things – is a time to count your blessings and celebrate the night away for eight days in a row. Here in New York City,...
View ArticleChanukah: To Give And To Get
Elicia Brown Special To The Jewish Week As a Jewish parent, I tend to feel a bit gleeful in late November. No need to brave lengthy lines. No need to explain to disappointed children why chopping down...
View ArticleChanukah App Entices Teens to Give Back
Hannah Dreyfus Staff Writer Clink! allows teens to create a personalized giving plan. Interested in giving back this Chanukah? There’s an app for that. This week, the Jewish Communal Fund, a New...
View ArticleHoliday Gifts For Children Of All Abilities
Chanukah is a time to spend with friends and family lighting candles, eating delicious foods and exchanging gifts. When buying gifts for children and adolescents with autism always ask parents for...
View ArticleSteven Sotloff’s Parents To Light Public Menorah In His Memory
JTA The parents of Steven Sotloff, the Jewish journalist who was beheaded by a member of ISIS, will light a public menorah in Miami in his memory.read more
View ArticleChanukah Resources For All Children
Chanukah is here! Have your children forgotten the blessings since last year? Do they need to brush up on their Chanukah skills? Do you need some activities for that Chanukah bash you are throwing?...
View ArticleA Bite Of Tradition For Israeli Soldiers
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Chanukah, which began at sundown on Dec. 16, is considered a minor holiday in Judaism, but Israelis have adopted several traditions to make sure it is observed.read more
View ArticleGive Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Menorahs
The White House is looking for a special menorah for this year's Hanukkah celebration hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Past menorahs have ranged from historical...
View ArticleThe Rise Of The Menorah Bong, And How Hanukkah Became A ‘High’ Holiday
Rebecca Spence JTA The menorah bong is having a moment.read more
View ArticleShedding Light, And Heat, At White House Chanukah Party
Stewart Ain Staff Writer How far does the light of the Chanukah candles extend? For Susan Talve, a St. Louis rabbi who recited the blessing at last Wednesday afternoon’s Chanukah candle-lighting...
View ArticleEastern Exposure
Hilary Danailova Travel Writer If you thought of Chanukah as a holiday that unites Jews everywhere, Rabbi Marvin Tokayer has a message: Think again.read more
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