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Dr. Anthony Fauci (Photo/JTA-2020 Robert F. Kennedy Ripple Of Hope Award Gala-Getty Images for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights)
Posted inHanukkah

WATCH: Dr. Fauci prefers latkes to hamantaschen

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA December 17, 2020December 17, 2020
"Projecting Light in a Time of Darkness," a video art installation at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, will be visible every night of Hanukkah. (Photos/Heidi Sanders)
Posted inCulture

Historical light show illuminates Emanu-El for Hanukkah week

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 15, 2020December 16, 2020
a lit menorah
Posted inFamily Matters

How to combat dad’s extra loneliness this holiday season

Rita Clancy by Rita Clancy December 15, 2020
A video played at AJC's "Diplomacy at 75" event included several clips of newsreel footage of San Francisco from the time of the founding of the U.N. (Screenshot from Facebook)
Posted inHanukkah

San Francisco diplomats celebrate AJC, UN Charter and Hanukkah

by Dan Pine December 15, 2020December 16, 2020
A kid hoping for a puppy as a present in Daveed Diggs' new Hanukkah song. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inHanukkah

‘They also happen to be Jewish’: Daveed Diggs on representing Jews of color in his new Hanukkah video

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 14, 2020
The menorah in front of Alameda City Hall was found smashed on the first day of Hanukkah, Dec. 11, 2020.
Posted inHolidays

Alameda City Hall menorah found in pieces on first day of Hanukkah

by Dan Pine December 11, 2020
The giant menorah in Union Square in San Francisco on the first night of Hanukkah, Dec. 10, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inHanukkah

The pandemic can’t stop Union Square menorah lighting in San Francisco

by Gabriel Greschler December 11, 2020December 14, 2020
Snow falls on a Hanukkah Menorah made of ice in Tomsk, Russia, Dec. 8, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Levy Kaminetsky)
Posted inWorld

A Siberian synagogue has a 10-foot menorah made of ice

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA December 11, 2020
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff send Hanukkah greetings in a video, Dec. 10, 2020. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Posted inU.S.

Happy Hanukkah wishes arrive from Trump, Biden, Harris — and Emhoff

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 11, 2020
The Maccabees depicted in a page from a 14th-century Italian illuminated manuscript.
Posted inTorah

The Maccabees stood up to the wicked — we need to do the same

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg December 11, 2020December 10, 2020

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