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4 Hanukkah Songs

Hanukkah songs are sung in an important and joyous part of the candle lighting ceremony each night.

Were the Maccabees Jerks?

This morning I got my Hanukkah Project CD, a new compilation record. My band Chibi Vision contributed a song to ...

The Shuls, They Are A’Changin’

Abby Sher, author of Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying (among Other Things), is blogging ...

Protestors Get Smart–And Mean

We haven’t written much about it on this blog, but in the past year in Israel there have been a ...

Wise Fridays: Fear of God

Fear only two: God, and him who fears not God. –Yiddish preacher Judah Leib Lazerov Find more Wise Fridays wisdom ...

An Israeli Thanksgiving Feast

So what if Thanksgiving was almost a week ago? Whenever I can get the chance to think about the amazing ...

Spiritual Karate

Somewhere between a field guide, an instruction manual, and a well-meaning memoir, Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein’s new book The Challenge ...

Don’t Tease Me, Bro

I’m just going to say it. It’s wrong that there are so many Jewish restaurants out there that aren’t kosher. ...

How the IDF Makes Jelly Doughnuts

I don’t know why I’m so into Hanukkah food demonstration videos today. Actually, maybe I do. Probably because I’m really ...

The New Settlement Freeze

Amos Harel points out that “in practice … there will be nearly no change in settlement construction, at least not ...

Hanukkah Flash Mob in Israel

I wanted to roll my eyes at this, but dammit if it isn’t downright adorable. Does anyone know if that ...

Billions Of Dollars Doesn’t Equal Good Choices

I’ve never totally understood the fascination people have with vintage cars. I have two reasons. #1) The word vintage doesn’t ...