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Hanukkah

Chabad in Houston usually drops pieces of gelt from a helicopter, but social distancing derailed that event this year. (Photo/JTA-Chabad of Uptown)
Posted inU.S.

Across Texas, the show of outdoor Hanukkah festivities must go on

by Jeff Siegel and JTA December 4, 2020
Faith Kramer's Hanukkah Mac and Cheese Balls. (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inHanukkah

Fritter away Hanukkah with this fried mac and cheese

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer December 1, 2020December 1, 2020
Wildberry sufganiyot by Johnny Doughnuts. (Photo/Courtesy Johnny Doughtnuts)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

These local restaurants are churning out Hanukkah favorites so you don’t have to

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 25, 2020November 30, 2020
Sagittarius, the ruling sign of the month of Kislev, from a 1322 German prayer book.
Posted inAstrolojew

Month of Kislev: Two eclipses and a short, sharp shock

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude November 16, 2020December 14, 2020
a photo of a decorate christmas tree with a menorah burning in the background
Posted inMixed & Matched

How do I tell my Catholic parents that I don’t plan to have Christmas?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler October 22, 2020October 22, 2020
a lit menorah in a window
Posted inTorah

How will we bring a little extra light into the world this Hanukkah?

Rabbi Stacy Friedman by Rabbi Stacy Friedman December 26, 2019December 24, 2019
Jessica Meir's Hanukkah socks, seen far above earth. (JTA/Jessica Meir/Twitter)
Posted inHanukkah

Astronaut Jessica Meir tweets Hanukkah message from space

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA December 23, 2019
Susan Saal's house on the Hanukkah Highway in Palo Alto.
Posted inJewish Life

Christmas Tree Lane? How about Hanukkah Highway?

by Gabriel Greschler December 20, 2019December 20, 2019
The Haim sisters, from left, Alana, Danielle and Este, of the group HAIM at Rodarte's fashion week show in San Marino, Calif., Feb. 5, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Presley Ann-Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

HAIM, Jack Black and more record Hanukkah album

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA November 14, 2019November 14, 2019
Hanukkah Harry of SNL fame
Posted inChristmas

No Santa, no tree — but (Jewish) Christmas all the same

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein December 21, 2018December 21, 2018

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