Celebrate

Latke Alternatives

I love potatoes and I love most things fried, but honestly, I have a hard time getting down with latkes. ...

Blending Traditions on Hanukkah

Motherlode, the parenting blog at NYTimes.com, has a really interesting post with a new twist on the age-old problem of ...

Parashat Vayechi Quiz

Test your knowledge of this Torah portion.

How to Light the Menorah (And Look Damn Good While You’re Doing It)

Hanukkah’s gonna be here before you know it. So make sure you’re stocked up on all the holiday goods — ...

Grinch knows better than to mess with Hanukkah

Let’s face it. Lots of Jews love Christmas. Not in the celebrate-the birthday-of-our-savior way.More in the pretty-lights, catchy-tunes, days-off-of-work, and ...

Haftarah for Beha’alotcha & Shabbat Hanukkah

Looking toward the rebuilding of the Temple.

Light Your Hanukkiah in Solidarity Against Terrorism–Or, You Know, Because of Hanukkah

Several people have forwarded me this email in the past two days:Dear Friends, Last Shabbat, in my sermon, I offered ...

Oops: Hanukkah in the White House

For those who still care about dysfunction in the Bush White House, the President delivered a special, early Hanukkah Christmas ...

I Hate Thanksgiving

Guest blogger Simcha Weinstein is the rabbi of the Pratt Institute. His latest book, Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the ...

2009 will rock

So it’s that time of the year when many people start buying calendars for next year. And some nice Jewish ...

What Happens Then?

Last week an older man who I know from various minyanim on the Upper West Side mentioned that he was ...

Friday the 31st

It’s Halloween. Its Shabbas. What’s a good Jew to do?Hand out challah rolls? Dress as the Sabbath bride?JTA has an ...