Articles from the December 12, 2014 edition
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Getting gelt was good as gold
LOS ANGELES (JTA)-What can a buck get you on Chanukah? Maybe a gold mesh bag of chocolate coins or a lighter for your menorah. But Jewish continuity? At Chanukah time, when we get so wrapped up in...
Celebrating Eric Kimmel's Hershel, meeting new characters
BOSTON (JTA)-Back in 1984, when Eric Kimmel was an up-and-coming children's book author, he tried his hand at a Chanukah story, one featuring goblins. Overly cautious Jewish editors rejected the...
Beyond latkes: Chanukah around the world
SAN FRANCISCO (MyJewishLearning.com)—Chanukah is observed with joy and celebration in Jewish communities around the world. There are eight nights of lights and blessings the world over, but there are also many ways that different communities make t...
Mimosas without menorahs: Brunch jazzes up ho-hum Chanukah
NEW YORK (JTA)-One of my favorite ways to celebrate Chanukah is over brunch. Yes, it's nontraditional-and you can't enjoy the experience of lighting the menorah together or singing. But it's a great w...
How to do 8 nights of Chanukah without creating spoiled brats
MINNEAPOLIS (Kveller.com)—The Chanukah I see in children’s books demonstrates families playing dreidel and eating latkes while the menorah shines brilliantly in the window. Then there’s the inevitable illustration of the kids’ utter elation when the...
A different kind of refugee-Jews from Arab countries
It may have been 47 years ago but Yossef Carasso remembers every detail of the night that he was taken to an Egyptian police station from his home in the city of Tanta, near Cairo. It was the first...
What makes Chanukah great in America
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (JTA) – As Chanukah nears, let the grousing begin. Too much is made of a holiday that Judaism ranks as a minor festival—one whose rite takes no more than five minutes to complete each night—some American Jews will say. Some will...
Lose the chip on your shoulder during Christmas season
MINNEAPOLIS (Kveller.com)—We Jews have two choices in our approach to the Christmas season: resent it or embrace it. I for one vote for a big, sloppy embrace. In the name of love thy neighbor and tolerance, I say we hug it out with Christmas a...
Words matter: How vocabulary defines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Settlements or Jewish communities? West Bank or Judea and Samaria? East Jerusalem or eastern Jerusalem? Those are some of the language choices that journalists covering the Israeli-Palestinian...
Hamas says Palestinian unity government is over
(JNS.org) The national unity government signed by Hamas and Fatah last spring has ended, according to a Hamas spokesman. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that the six-month unity government has expired and that negotiations between the two...
Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA
Syria says Israeli planes hit military sites near Damascus JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Syrian military claimed that Israeli planes attacked military sites near Damascus. The attacks, also reported on Syrian television, took place on Sunday night, the militar...
