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a ceramic plate with two latkes served with sour cream and apple sauce
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Potato latkes really aren’t that old. Here’s their true history.

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross December 30, 2024December 30, 2024
A Thanksgiving greeting card from 1908
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Reality gobbled up our plan to host Algerian tourists for a holiday meal

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz December 30, 2024December 30, 2024
(From left) Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at Camp David in 1978.
Posted inOpinion

I worked for Jimmy Carter at the White House. He should be remembered as a champion of the Jewish people.

by Stuart E. Eizenstat December 30, 2024December 30, 2024
A portrait of the writer by sketch artist Emily Goff. (©Emily N Goff, 2023, all rights reserved.)
Posted inOpinion

The blessing and burden of bearing first witness to Jewish history

by Ron Kampeas December 27, 2024December 27, 2024
Tannaz Sassooni shows off an Erev Yalda spread in Los Angeles in December 2023. Rachel Sumekh, her collaborator, stands at the back wearing red. (Screenshot)
Posted inFirst Person

The Persian winter solstice tradition of Yalda pairs perfectly with Hanukkah

by Rachel Sumekh December 27, 2024December 27, 2024
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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)
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8 candles, 80 opinions: The many meanings of an American Hanukkah

Rabbi Leon A. Morris by Rabbi Leon Morris December 24, 2024December 24, 2024
Rainbow-colored challah at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav's 2018 Pride Shabbat. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Forget fundraising doom and gloom; I count as a Jew too; Etc.

by J. Readers December 20, 2024December 20, 2024
A resident of the West Bank village of Susiya returns to the ruins of the town after a raid by Israeli settlers in 2021. (Courtesy Charles Rothschild)
Posted inLocal Voice

Extremism threatens to undo Israel — and we must all take responsibility

by Coby Schoffman December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
Brady Corbet’s film "The Brutalist" explores the odious and corrupt world of capital, ego and power which overwhelms an architect’s resources. (Focus Features)
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Daniel Libeskind: Why ‘The Brutalist’ resonated so deeply with me as an architect

by Daniel Libeskind December 19, 2024December 19, 2024

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