Hanukkah

Hanukkah Gift Giving Guide for the Undecided Giver

It’s that time of year again. In the weeks before Hanukkah, my extra mental energy always goes to gifts.I have ...

Jewish actress Natalie Portman announced to Jimmy Fallon that she is going to have a Christmas tree for the first ...

Like many Jews, my family spends Christmas Eve eating Chinese food. We order far more than we’ll ever be able ...

This year Hanukkah happens to begin on Christmas and end on New Years. With all that’s happening on your calendar, ...

With the holidays approaching fast, it’s time to find something unique for your favorite Jewish foodie. Stand mixers and slow ...

In 2024, Hanukkah doesn't start 'til the night of Dec. 25. Here's why.

I’m getting married next week. Most of the wedding planning is done (but, oy, the table assignments, they continue to ...

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

My wife and I are a multiracial couple. She’s Black. I’m White. Our 4-year-old son is biracial.My wife grew up ...

My fear is not very far below the surface. It rises when I hear about another shooting in Brooklyn, sometimes ...

I often wonder what group I would have belonged to when people were being asked to stand up and be ...

Spending Hanukkah in the Deep South is far from my “most remote” holiday experience. In December of 2012, I was ...