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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...