It’s Christmas Eve, and we find ourselves thinking about gifts. After all, tonight Santa Claus will shimmy down chimneys across the globe, leaving presents wrapped in paper […]
Tag: Hanukkah
I built my own tribe for Hanukkah
by Bliss Goldstein Twenty years ago, I moved from L.A. to San Francisco and then Bellingham, Wash. — so far north I could spit across the border […]
Guest essay: Murky miracle
by Rabbi Joe Hample There is no better-known Jewish object than the dreidel, the top that we spin at Chanukkah, with Hebrew letters on the four sides. […]
Hanukkah: ‘Light is always going to be associated with goodness’
He can do without this Zoom stuff, even if he has gotten pretty good at it. So go the Hanukkah thoughts these days of Rabbi Joe Hample, […]
Guest essay: Not my grandfather’s Chanukah
by Richard Cohen This year Chanukah began three nights after Thanksgiving. Oy Veh! While we were still stuffing ourselves with leftovers — turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry […]
Quarantine Kitchen: Latkes
Serve this Hanukkah staple with applesauce or sour cream By Anne Braly Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn. (TNS) I’ve always loved potato pancakes, but not until my Jewish […]
Hanukkah Kick-Off
Tree of Life celebrates 8-day holiday with latkes, party The sizzle of oil in cast-iron skillets. The shuffle of shoes across the sections of cardboard placed on […]
