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On Doughnuts, Gilad Shalit and other Chanukah Miracles
When I lived in England, we used to run an ironic Christmas Tree Sweepstakes: the earliest confirmed date for spotting an erected Christmas Tree, indubitable evidence of the commercialisation of a...
View ArticleChanukah gelt guilt
Chanukah season is upon us, and it’s interesting to note what we do about it and for it. Yesterday I found myself spending three hours buying Chanukah gifts. Nothing extravagant, but many, and only for...
View ArticleFrom Nazi Germany to Beit Shemesh: The Mansbach Chanukiyah
Follow Israel news on and . Each year before Chanukah, the Mansbach family drops by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum to pick up the family Chanukiyah (Chanukah Menorah) ‘
View ArticleChanukah happiness
It wasn’t the easiest Chanukah, and it’s hard not to feel guilty about having fun when 41 families are suffering through an unspeakable tragedy. But the holiday arrived, and celebrations abounded (ours...
View ArticleThe Crembox
Did you catch this one yet? A Crembox — a small, metal dome-like box for the protection of one’s Crembo, the chocolate-covered marshmallow treat anchored on the bottom by a cookie. It’s come out just...
View ArticleChanukah – Eighth Night
A bit of Scarlett Johansson (Jew) and Matt Damon (not a Jew) for the last night of Chanukah
View Article8th night of Chanukah: How we do it in Jerusalem
Every Chanukah I head off with my camera to the (almost) all-pedestrian neighborhood of Nachlaot and Zichron Moshe to take in the beautiful sight of the dozens of outside chanukiot shining with light...
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