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The dreidel stopped for a photo with Seth Finkle, director of Camp Haverim and teen programming at the Jewish Alliance, during the Hope Street Stroll Dec. 3. more

12/8/17

How I’m rededicating myself every night during Hanukkah

(Kveller via JTA) – I have been musing on how to combat what seems to be the new norm since the election last year of Donald Trump: The news is filled with hate crimes. All over the country I … more

PAMELA LEBEDDA | 12/8/17

Check your Hanukkah knowledge

Given the tense national mood, we could all use an injection of humor, so with that in mind, I offer a Hanukkah quiz, courtesy of my old friend “Chanukah Charlie.” The quiz is for all … more

LARRY KESSLER | 12/8/17

Children will enjoy eight new books for Hanukkah

BOSTON (JTA) – Move over, potato latkes. Make room for dosas. The savory fried Indian lentil and rice pancakes take center stage in “Queen of the Dosas,” a gem of a new Hanukkah … more

PENNY SCHWARTZ | 12/8/17

Hadassah gift-wraps the holidays for mall shoppers

It’s a Hanukkah miracle of sorts. Every year – for almost as long as there’s been a Warwick Mall – a dedicated group of Hadassah members turns out to wrap gifts there … more

FRAN OSTENDORF | 12/8/17

Minting another batch of Hanukkah gelt

Many readers may not be aware that when I am not working for Jewish Family Service at the Kosher Senior Café, I am an active glass artist. Every year as part of the … more

NEAL DROBNIS | 12/8/17

The comfort of a congregation

In junior high, I made friends with Diane Zucker, whose family belonged to the same synagogue for years and years. She would often talk about going to services and about the people who surrounded her … more

MAY-RONNY ZEIDMAN | 9/25/17

Orthodox standards about women carrying Torah scrolls have complicated their relationship to the holiday.

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(Kveller via JTA) – There seems to be a widespread misconception in the Orthodox world that the upcoming holiday of Simchat Torah is a “men’s holiday.” I can … more

SARAH RUDOLPH | 9/25/17

Figuring out what Shemini Atzeret is. Finally.

(Kveller via JTA) – I know something about most Jewish holidays. I can tell you that Hanukkah is about miracles, Passover is about slavery and freedom, and Shavuot is about cheesecake. (I have … more

CARLA NAUMBURG | 9/25/17

The High Holy Days and the Holocaust

The Holocaust unofficially began with Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) in November 1938 and ended with the liberation of the concentration camps in the spring of 1945. Despite the grave … more

LEV POPLOW | 9/25/17