menorah

An American Hanukkah Story of Resistance

Hanukkah is a time for celebrating the power of light to dispel darkness, so this year I’m setting aside the ...

Drawn to the Light

One of my favorite poets, a slam poet named Vanessa Hidary, asks, in one of her remarkable pieces in which ...

Where Are You Lighting Your Lights?

After spending two years as ISJL Education Fellows serving the South, fellowship alumni often leave for places near and far ...

Human Beings are God’s Menorah

As the month of Kislev has begun our thoughts turn to the upcoming holiday of Hanukkah. If there was ever ...

The Festival of Happy Lights

Since I moved to the Pacific Northwest a decade ago, people ask me how I deal with all the rain. ...

Menorahs In The Public Square: A History

There’s something prominently displayed at the Mississippi Governor’s mansion: a nativity scene. Seeing it recently took me by surprise.When I ...

Re-Dedicating My Hanukkah

About this time last year, I remember walking around the streets of Jerusalem, counting the menorahs I could see in ...

Making Menorah-Oil… Maccabee-Style!

Today’s post is from guest writer Joanna Brichetto, Experiential Educator at Nashville’s West End Synagogue, who also runs the website Bible ...

Why Thanksgivukkah is Good for Hanukkah and Good for the Jews

Last week, in the midst of an independent study meeting with a fourth grader, I was exploring the topic of ...

Beyond Latkes: Hanukkah Around the World

Rabbi discusses Jewish Hanukkah Holiday traditions from around the world