Habari Gani? How My Family is Melding Kwanzaa and Hanukkah Customs
How to Use the URJ Reflection Tool
7 Things to Know About Selichot
How to Get into the High Holidays State of Mind
Celebrating Thanksgivukkah with an Interfaith Family
Thanksgivukkah, the amazing confluence of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving, is all the rage this year.
How to Turn Your Home into a Sanctuary for the High Holidays
Watch with Your Kids: The Hanukkah Shaboom! Special
Galilee Diary: Chanukah Gelt
Growing up in the Reform community in the US in the 50s and 60s, I remember the constant discussions of the Chanukah-Christmas dilemma. Was it possible to disengage Chanukah from the seasonal linkage to Christmas, and keep it somehow true to its roots? Or was it doomed to be "the Jewish answer to Christmas," which increasingly meant an orgy of shopping and materialism?
The Day the Music Died: Jewish Lessons from a Previous Plague
Hanukkah in the Home: Make it Your Own
While there are numerous customs and traditions associated with celebrating Hanukkah at home, there is not necessarily one right way to celebrate the Festival of Lights.