Articles written by Meryl Ain

Meryl Ain|Dec 12, 2025

(JNS) - I doubt that my grandchildren would recognize the Chanukahs of my childhood. They took place amid the backdrop of my best friends' and next-door neighbors' Christmas extravaganzas. Their homes looked to me like fairy houses strung with colored lights on the outside and huge Christmas trees in the living room, with colored balls and delicate, shiny angels on top. Underneath the tree were beautifully wrapped presents in all shapes and sizes. This was long before there were Chanukah decorat...