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      Kosha Dillz (left) and Nissim Black perform across Midtown Manhattan in the video to "The Hanukkah Song 2.0." (Screenshot)

      Music

      Adam Sandler’s ‘Chanukah Song’ gets hip-hop remix on streets of NYC

      Two leading Jewish hip-hop artists have adapted Adam Sandler’s 1995 breakout hit, “The Chanukah Song,” for the present moment. Nissim Black and Kosha…
      By Philissa Cramer, JTA Dec 1, 2021
      Candles are lit on an oil menorah during Hanukkah. (Photo/RNS-Evgeni Tcherkasski-Pixabay)

      Opinion

      Celebrating the insurrection of Hanukkah in a year of insurrection

      What do Nov. 28 and Jan. 6, 2021, have in common? Both are dates connected to insurrection. Sunday, Nov. 28, was the first night of Hanukkah, the Jewish…
      By Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, RNS Nov 30, 2021
      Chabad of Petaluma's menorah-laden drone takes flight.

      Hanukkah

      PHOTOS: A flying drone menorah and other Bay Area Hanukkah events

      After a muted celebration last year, public menorah lightings are back across the Bay Area! Send us your Hanukkah event pics throughout the eight-day…
      By J. Staff Nov 29, 2021
      Zulubia: Persian Fritters in Sugar Syrup (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      Recipe

      Oil vey: More fried treats to try this Hanukkah

      A holiday that lasts for eight nights provides plenty of opportunities to experiment with new recipes, including these two — both of which celebrate…
      By Faith Kramer Nov 29, 2021
      Moshe Margareten lights candles at the White House Hanukkah party in 2019. (Screenshot/JTA)

      Politics

      The (more modest, less partisan) White House Hanukkah party is back!

      This piece first appeared at the Forward and is reprinted with permission. It was touch and go for the White House Hanukkah party this year. For the…
      By Jacob Kornbluh, Forward Nov 29, 2021
      In 1789, Cantor Gershom Mendes Seixas of New York's Congregation Shearith Israel gave what is widely believed to be the first-ever Jewish sermon about Thanksgiving. (Photo/JTA-Flickr Commons-Shearith Israel)

      History

      How Thanksgiving helped Jews carve out a place in America

      Thanksgiving seems to have all the right ingredients for a holiday that most American Jews can embrace: It doesn’t fall on Shabbat, its roots and message…
      By Rabbi Yael Buechler, JTA Nov 22, 2021

      Recipe

      15 recipes for this year's Thanksgivukkah-lite

      This article originally appeared on The Nosher. Way back in 2013, American Jews got the ultimate holiday gift: the convergence of Thanksgiving and…
      By Shannon Sarna, JTA Nov 22, 2021
      The giant menorah in Union Square in San Francisco on the first night of Hanukkah, Dec. 10, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)

      Hanukkah

      Our list of public menorah lightings around the Bay Area

      Oh Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah, come light the … you know the rest. If you want to come light the menorah in a communal setting, dance the hora with others (at…
      By J. Staff Nov 19, 2021
      Workers at the site of the excavation in the Lachish Forest. (Photo/JTA-Emil Aladjem-Israel Antiquities Authority)

      Hanukkah

      Ruins of a Hellenistic fortress show ‘tangible evidence’ of Hanukkah

      Archaeologists excavating a 2,100-year-old fortress say it provides “tangible evidence” of the events from the Hanukkah story. The site, located west of…
      By Shira Hanau, JTA Nov 18, 2021
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