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Hanukkah and Christmas
Symbols and Observances of Hanukkah
Overview of Hanukkah symbols, like the dreidel and the menorah.
Date: 12-07-2008When is Hanukkah, and How Should I Spell It?
Part of A Guide to Hanukkah and the December Dilemma for Interfaith Families.
Date: 12-07-2008The Historical Roots of Hanukkah
A section of A Guide to Hanukkah and the December Dilemma for Interfaith Families: The story of Hanukkah is a story of a revolution in the service of religious freedom.
Date: 12-07-2008The Gift We Couldn't Refuse
Her mother-in-law really wanted her son's family to have a Christmas tree, so she chopped one down for them herself.
Date: 12-05-2008Neil Diamond, Sugar Cookies And Shiny Plastic Dreidels
I've realized that this is my religion, or at least a major part of it--my family, and our own traditions--the meshugah life of a Jew who wholeheartedly celebrates Christmas.
Date: 12-02-2008The Torah for the Trees
A Christian dad decides that his son's experience of Judaism is more important than having a Christmas tree.
Date: 04-03-2008Chanukah and Christmas: The Deeper Connections
Essay arguing that Hanukkah and Christmas are linked by their shared celebration of the power of God to change human history.
Date: 12-26-2007Interfaith Marriages Bring Variety to Holidays
Reprinted news article about the growing number of interfaith families and how their children feel that having interfaith parents is normal.
Date: 08-14-2007The January-through-December Dilemma
Professional view criticizing the opinion that Hanukkah is a "minor holiday", since American Jews treat it as a major one, and noting the irony that those people who say Hanukkah is a "minor" holiday also use Jews’ Chri
Date: 08-14-2007Exotic Latke Recipes for Celebrating All Eight Days of Hanukkah
Professional advice and recipes for Hanukkah fish, horseradish, and gourmet latkes.
Date: 06-28-2007
