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Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky lights a Hanukkah menorah in Kyiv on Dec. 25, 2024. (Screenshot)
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Using menorah from Argentina’s Milei, Volodymyr Zelensky lights Hanukkah candles with Ukrainian rabbis

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer December 26, 2024December 26, 2024
a smiling blonde woman takes a selfie with a man dressed as Santa
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This Jewish S.F. native has written 12 Hallmark Christmas movies (and 2 about Hanukkah)

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen December 24, 2024December 26, 2024
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Posted inLocal Voice

What my relatives’ Christmas celebrations taught me about observing Hanukkah

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen December 24, 2024December 24, 2024
The "National Menorah" in Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2023. (Ted Eytan/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOpinion

8 candles, 80 opinions: The many meanings of an American Hanukkah

Rabbi Leon A. Morris by Rabbi Leon Morris December 24, 2024December 24, 2024
Nov. 29, 2021 menorah lighting at Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto
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UPDATED: Hanukkah celebrations around the Bay Area this week

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 23, 2024December 26, 2024
four latkes on a platter, next to small bowls of sour cream and apple sauce
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The one trick you need to make perfect latkes; Alec’s Ice Cream goes kosher; Etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 18, 2024December 22, 2024
Sarah Levitin's holiday mantle, which features nods to Hanukkah, Christmas and their overlap in 2024. (Courtesy)
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Hanukkah’s arrival on Christmas Day renews ‘Chrismukkah’ deliberations for interfaith families

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis December 18, 2024December 18, 2024
President Joe Biden speaks at his final White House Hanukkah party, Dec. 16, 2024. (Screenshot)
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‘We can never lose hope’: Biden’s message to Jewish community at his final White House Hanukkah party

by Jacob Kornbluh December 17, 2024December 17, 2024
This latke board includes traditional, Italian-style and Mideast-flavored latkes, as well as a Buffalo dip, a chopped-olive dip and a cilantro tahini sauce. (Faith Kramer)
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Celebrate a global Hanukkah by assembling a latke board

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer December 16, 2024December 19, 2024
a woman uses tongs to adjust something in a pan of oil on the stove
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Oakland olive oil enthusiast dispels the smoke point ‘myth’ for frying latkes

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 11, 2024December 19, 2024

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