Hanukkah

Many Jews of colour come from far and wide, from India, China, Ethiopia, among others, and celebrate Hanukkah with local cuisines.

As with dosas, it is not so much that these foods are traditionally associated with Hanukkah but that they could provide Black Jews with a way to celebrate African and Jewish aspects of their heritage with a food fried in oil. “Puri are fried in oil,” she said, and all of a sudden we had a Hanukkah party, with a menorah lighting and fried food. [The Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas](https://pjlibrary.org/books/queen-of-the-hanukkah-dosas/if00831), which features a boy and his little sister, named Sadie. I have no idea how to make the bread, and it is a “seeing Mommy” treat. For Twitty, pulling from Creole flavours allows him to marry his Jewish religion and his African American heritage – and to offer a path for other Black Jews to do likewise. What I especially appreciate about this particular book is that the dosas are not the point of the story. Others are people of colour adopted into white Jewish families; adult converts to Judaism; or children of interracial, [interfaith marriage](https://doi.org/10.7312/zell16030-010). [making space for more diversity in mainstream Jewish life](https://jewsofcolorinitiative.org/). For most American Jews, these are indeed important holiday foods, replete with memories – both of their heavy, greasy deliciousness and of the smells that permeate the house for days after a latke fry. That Eastern European culture, however, is only one of many Jewish cultures around the world. Each year, the holiday starts with just the shamas and one of the eight candles and ends, on the last night, with the entire menorah lit up. Today, Jews light the menorah, a candelabra with eight candles – and one “helper” candle, called a shamas – to remember the Hanukkah oil, which kept the Jerusalem temple’s everlasting lamp burning brightly.

Chanukah on Main Street: A live Jewish soul concert by Tali Yess with a graffiti menorah, gelt drop, falafel, kosher barbecue, street art, strolling ...

Petersburg has eight nights of Hanukkah-inspired food, drink, dreidels and more. [Tampa Bay Times](https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/entertainment/things-to-do/2022/12/06/16-hanukkah-events-happening-tampa-bay-area/) and [Jewish Press of Pinellas County](https://www.jewishpresspinellas.com/articles/hanukkah-happenings-21/). [Hanukkah on Ice](https://mcusercontent.com/9481e59f51d5e174afc9182df/images/95e3c2dc-40dc-e4e1-2b57-a2dc8c5a7584.jpg): Young Israel of Tampa hosts the lighting of a grand ice menorah along with ice skating, a kosher food stand, arts and crafts, latkes and a raffle. 26. [Vodka Latke](https://www.jewishtampa.com/federation-impact/impact/vodka-latke): A party for Jewish people aged 20 to 49 includes one drink, gourmet latkes, appetizers, desserts and a cash bar. [8 Crazy Nights of Hanukkah](https://www.facebook.com/events/646338013774337): The Wheelhouse in St.

The Biden administration is marking the celebration of Hanukkah this year by publicly denouncing antisemitism in the United States, with Attorney General ...

The rapper has since made a series of increasingly more extreme antisemitic remarks, and at one point, [praised Adolf Hitler](https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/12/03/exp-tsr-todd-kanye-suspended-from-twitter.cnn). But, now more than ever, all Americans have a moral obligation to stand up against such hate.” Previous administrations, Biden said, had borrowed menorahs with “special significance of survival, hope and joy,” to celebrate the holiday there. “As your president, I want to make this clear: As my dad would say, and many of you have said, silence is complicity. And together, we must stand up against bigotry in any of its forms. “Together, we must stand up against the disturbing rise in antisemitism.

U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host a Hanukkah reception at the White House Monday evening. There will be a menorah lighting and ...

Even in the concentration camps during World War II, Jews found ways to observe Hanukkah. There will be a menorah lighting and the menorah, created by the Whie House carpentry shop, will become the first Jewish artifact added to the White House archives. It commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C.

President Biden will host a Hanukkah celebration at the White House on Monday, where he is expected to condemn the rise in antisemitism in the United States ...

[Biden](https://thehill.com/people/biden/) [Charlie Cytron-Walker](https://thehill.com/people/charlie-cytron-walker/) [Donald Trump](https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump/) [Doug Emhoff](https://thehill.com/people/doug-emhoff/) [Jill Biden](https://thehill.com/people/jill-biden/) [Nick Fuentes](https://thehill.com/people/nick-fuentes/) [Ye](https://thehill.com/people/ye/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [Healthcare](https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [See All](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) And Biden last week announced an inter-agency [task force](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3772525-biden-establishes-government-task-force-to-combat-antisemitism/) that will develop a national strategy for fighting antisemitism and other forms of religious hate. Among the attendees at Monday’s reception will be Bronia Brandman, a Holocaust survivor and retired public school teacher, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, and Ambassador Michele Taylor, who is the U.S. [The Debrief](https://thehill.com/hilltv/the-debrief/) [Rising](https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/) [See all Hill.TV](https://thehill.com/hilltv) [See all Video](https://thehill.com/video) [Senate](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/) [National Security](https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/) [Morning Report](https://thehill.com/homenews/morning-report/) [Administration](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/) [See All](https://thehill.com) The president and First Lady Jill Biden will host Jewish leaders for a reception on the second day of Hanukkah. Former President Donald Trump then hosted Ye and Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist and Holocaust denier, for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate last month.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — President Joe Biden is condemning growing antisemitism in remarks for a Hanukkah reception at the White House that will include a ...

The [rapper Ye](https://apnews.com/article/twitter-inc-entertainment-music-ba5c710ec59d195fe4d83cb2c9343589) expressed love for Adolf Hitler in an interview. White House carpenters built the menorah out of sterling silver candle cups and wood that was saved from a Truman-era renovation. At the event, Emhoff, who is Jewish, said he was "in pain right now" over rising antisemitism. “This year’s Hanukkah arrives in the midst of rising and emboldened antisemitism at home — and quite frankly, around the world,” Biden said. Former President [Donald Trump](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-kanye-west-entertainment-donald-trump-21ea30fc30a9a97074581015b25e18bf) hosted a Holocaust-denying white supremacist at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. [a spate](https://apnews.com/article/twitter-inc-entertainment-sports-business-racial-injustice-d3a65fc9f71f3bcbdab643c38fd135c3) of antisemitic episodes.

Celebrating Hanukkah both commemorates a particular hard-fought battle for Jewish religious freedom and is itself an expression of that freedom in most of ...

This is the antisemitism that — at a time of peak identity politics on- and off-campus — seeks to While the meaning of the holiday has evolved, perhaps Hanukkah’s most important and enduring lesson is that for the Jewish people, maintaining freedom can be as great a struggle as achieving it. Countering the latter type of antisemitism is not as simple as installing metal detectors and vehicle barriers. The various types and tactics of antisemitism have something else in common: They should be fought together. The first includes the broad spectrum of physical threats to Jews and Jewish institutions. These are just some of the gravest incidents on a long list that includes many more occurrences of assaults on Jews and vandalism and arson at synagogues, schools and other Jewish institutions across the country. In the West, the timing of Hanukkah also allows Jews to take part in the cheer of the Christmas holiday season with a festival uniquely their own. [intimidate Jewish college students and faculty](https://www.adl.org/resources/report/schooled-hate-anti-semitism-campus) from expressing their Jewish identity, including voicing their support for Jewish self-determination. The need to provide such physical security is outrageous. It is less focused on Jews’ physical security and instead seeks to undermine their social, academic and employment security. Considering antisemitism’s motives is important in the politically tribal atmosphere prevalent in America. The significance of Hanukkah has evolved over the past century.

SYLVANIA, Ohio — The menorah is a candelabra that many, even outside the Jewish faith, can recognize. It holds nine candles, eight representing the number ...

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Hanukkah is one of the most popular Jewish holidays, but there are some things you probably don't know about the holiday. 1, Chocolate Coins Started as Tips ...

A new menorah added to presidential holiday collection will be featured in candle lighting, attended by Holocaust survivor, rabbi and a US envoy to the UN ...

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This year, to celebrate the ancient Jewish festival of lights, the White House added a menorah to its holiday lineup for the first time.

Bush displayed a menorah (given to him by the Synagogue Council of America) in the building. [We The People"-themed holiday display](https://www.npr.org/2022/11/28/1139417380/white-house-christmas-holiday-decor-theme). "As a descendant of those who fled persecution because they were Jewish, it is especially meaningful to be here tonight as we light this menorah in our nation's capital and under the protection of its laws." and around the world, silence is complicity — and we must forcefully say that all forms of hate, antisemitism, and violence can have no safe harbor in America." As we mark the first night of Hanukkah, we celebrate with the first-ever White House menorah. [first White House Hanukkah party](https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/president/holiday/hanukkah/) in 2001, lighting a 100-year-old menorah borrowed from the Jewish Museum in New York. And together, we must stand up against bigotry in any of its forms. [Biden called](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/12/01/remarks-by-president-biden-during-a-menorah-lighting-in-celebration-of-hanukkah/) a White House tradition that was newly "a family tradition" as well. Bill Clinton became the first president to actually light a menorah in the people's house in a small ceremony in 1993 (at which a young student's hair [famously and briefly caught fire](https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/the-girl-whose-hair-caught-fire-at-bill-clintons-hanukkah-event-is-now-a-lawyer-who-doesnt-light-a-menorah-at-home)). "Together, we must stand up against the disturbing rise in antisemitism. [arrived in the White House](https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2020/december/hanukkah-white-house-sarna.html) a decade later, when President George H.W. The White House welcomes roughly [50,000 visitors](https://whitehouse.gov1.info/visit/white-house-christmas-tour.html) each holiday season, in addition to offering [virtual tours](https://www.whitehouse.gov/holidays-2022/) of the decorations.

In recent years, Jews of color and non-Ashkenazi Jews have been bringing attention to new Hanukkah traditions.

As with dosas, it is not so much that these foods are traditionally associated with Hanukkah but that they could provide Black Jews with a way to celebrate African and Jewish aspects of their heritage with a food fried in oil. “Puri are fried in oil,” she said, and all of a sudden we had a Hanukkah party, with a menorah lighting and fried food. I have no idea how to make the bread, and it is a “seeing Mommy” treat. [The Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas](https://pjlibrary.org/books/queen-of-the-hanukkah-dosas/if00831),” which features a boy and his little sister, named Sadie. For Twitty, pulling from Creole flavors allows him to marry his Jewish religion and his African American heritage – and to offer a path for other Black Jews to do likewise. “The Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas” doesn’t mention whether the Indian side of the family is Jewish, but either way, its message for kids is clear: It can be totally normal to be a half-white, Jewish, half-Indian kid who has dosas for Hanukkah. What I especially appreciate about this particular book is that the dosas are not the point of the story. [making space for more diversity in mainstream Jewish life](https://jewsofcolorinitiative.org/). Others are people of color adopted into white Jewish families; adult converts to Judaism; or children of interracial, [interfaith marriage](https://doi.org/10.7312/zell16030-010). For most American Jews, these are indeed important holiday foods, replete with memories – both of their heavy, greasy deliciousness and of the smells that permeate the house for days after a latke fry. Today, Jews light the menorah, a candelabra with eight candles – and one “helper” candle, called a shamas – to remember the Hanukkah oil, which kept the Jerusalem temple’s everlasting lamp burning brightly. Each year, the holiday starts with just the shamas and one of the eight candles and ends, on the last night, with the entire menorah lit up.

Fearful for their safety, many of the Jewish people who should have been safe inside the tower committed suicide rather than be murdered by the mob. The mob ...

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Great truths about Hanukkah. One for each night. (As for the "right" way to spell it, you're on your own.) From the Rothschild Miscellany, northern Italy, ...

Mostly under the influence of the Zionist thinker Max Nordau, they wanted to create a “muscular Judaism.” In the early decades of the Zionist movement, the founders and thinkers searched the Jewish past for role models. Hence, the word “macabre.” The Christians “saved” the Maccabees. They totally left the books of the Maccabees out of the final edition of the Hebrew Bible. You know how at the end of a movie it always says “no animals were harmed in the making of this movie?” Forget that. So, too, they believed the Maccabees were the absolute models of chivalry and knighthood. And to this day, the elegant Hebrew word for “assimilate” is “l’hityaven” — “to become Greek.” So, they invented the oil story as a way of playing down the military victory, and there is something else they did as well. Of course, the only “real” spelling is the Hebrew one. It’s not a bad story, as it is, but it wasn’t the “real” miracle. [Maccabees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabees) were fighting the armies of the [Seleucids](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucid_Empire), which was the Syrian branch of Alexander the Great’s divided empire in the Middle East.

Artist Jeanette Kuvin Oren is standing in her studio. She is smiling as she holds Jeanette Kuvin Oren in her studio with her original artwork for the Hanukkah ...

“And the postage stamp is a unique opportunity to share that joy with all of America and not just the Jewish community. [rise of antisemetism in the U.S., ](https://www.npr.org/2022/11/30/1139971241/anti-semitism-is-on-the-rise-and-not-just-among-high-profile-figures)Oren explained her belief that a form of combating that hate is to meet it with an even more pronounced embrace of her culture. “The only thing I can do, other than publicly fight for leaders that speak out against antisemitism, which I do, is to celebrate the joy of Judaism,” she explained. “In the height of the pandemic, when I was really thinking, ‘Am I ever going to be commissioned again?’ I got a phone call from Ethel Kessler and she said, ‘We love your art. Several of her family members were killed during the Holocaust, but her grandfather made it to the United States. Kessler believed that a Hanukkah menorah — with its nine branches — could be done in the same style for the stamp. “This one just kind of hit all the milestones right when we needed them.” Then, after the artist produces a final version of their work, the director scales it down to the size of a stamp. “Three years is usually the minimum,” Kessler said. student at Yale University and preparing for her wedding, the university rabbi had a suggestion: Since Oren already pursued art as a hobby, would she be open to making her own ketubah? The Hanukkah stamp changes every other year; the stamp design for 2024 has already been approved. Then, Kessler explained, after the artist has been contacted and contracted, the design proceeds to a committee for approval — which only meets four times a year.

This year, to celebrate the ancient Jewish festival of lights, the White House added a menorah to its holiday lineup for the first time.

Bush displayed a menorah (given to him by the Synagogue Council of America) in the building. [We The People"-themed holiday display](https://www.npr.org/2022/11/28/1139417380/white-house-christmas-holiday-decor-theme). "As a descendant of those who fled persecution because they were Jewish, it is especially meaningful to be here tonight as we light this menorah in our nation's capital and under the protection of its laws." and around the world, silence is complicity — and we must forcefully say that all forms of hate, antisemitism, and violence can have no safe harbor in America." As we mark the first night of Hanukkah, we celebrate with the first-ever White House menorah. [first White House Hanukkah party](https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/president/holiday/hanukkah/) in 2001, lighting a 100-year-old menorah borrowed from the Jewish Museum in New York. And together, we must stand up against bigotry in any of its forms. [Biden called](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/12/01/remarks-by-president-biden-during-a-menorah-lighting-in-celebration-of-hanukkah/) a White House tradition that was newly "a family tradition" as well. Bill Clinton became the first president to actually light a menorah in the people's house in a small ceremony in 1993 (at which a young student's hair [famously and briefly caught fire](https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/the-girl-whose-hair-caught-fire-at-bill-clintons-hanukkah-event-is-now-a-lawyer-who-doesnt-light-a-menorah-at-home)). "Together, we must stand up against the disturbing rise in antisemitism. [arrived in the White House](https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2020/december/hanukkah-white-house-sarna.html) a decade later, when President George H.W. The White House welcomes roughly [50,000 visitors](https://whitehouse.gov1.info/visit/white-house-christmas-tour.html) each holiday season, in addition to offering [virtual tours](https://www.whitehouse.gov/holidays-2022/) of the decorations.

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Hanukkah began Sunday at sundown and will end on the evening of Dec. 26. Old Town will celebrate the Jewish holiday with a parade.

“And everyone will have menorahs for all the participants," he said. He said celebrating Hanukkah in cars started during the pandemic as a safe way to come together. “Hanukkah is called the Festival of Lights so it's all about bringing the lights," Steiger said.

On December 10, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah began. Or does it commence with a C? End in an A or an H? Is there one K, or are there two? Let's explain.

However, circumstances are changing, including the manner in which the Jewish festival of lights is celebrated and interpreted, and the spelling of Hanukkah has become more commonplace. However, Chanukah should not be overlooked since it is the preferred spelling of traditionalists and the second most common variation. Use the Hanukkah spelling, which is the most common choice presently, if you want to fit in.

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden are slated to host Jewish leaders Monday evening for a reception on the second day of Hanukkah.

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President Joe Biden is condemning growing antisemitism in remarks for a Hanukkah reception at the White House that will include a menorah lighting and ...

White House carpenters built the menorah out of wood that was saved from a Truman-era renovation and sterling silver candle cups. At the event, Emhoff, who is Jewish, said he was “in pain right now” over rising antisemitism. Neo-Nazi trolls are clamoring to [return to Twitter](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/musk-confirms-twitter-has-suspended-rapper-ye-after-swastika-post) as new CEO [Elon Musk](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/twitter-poll-closes-majority-of-users-vote-for-musk-to-step-down-as-ceo) grants “amnesty” to suspended accounts.

With rising anti-Semitism, many American Jews are conflicted about whether to publicly celebrate Hanukkah. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on Dec.

This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. PRICHEP: There is a phrase in the Talmud - pirsumei nisa - that tells Jews to publicize the miracle. They remind people of danger they hoped was in the past. LABENDZ: Shortly after the Holocaust, there's been a bipartisan commitment to anti-antisemitism in this country. RICHMAN: We do have to light up our identities. But Shyovitz says it could also serve as a human moment and show people who their neighbors are. Having said that, it's hard to judge just how bad things are when Jews expect things to be excellent in America. It's kitschy and sweet and fills the window with light. PRICHEP: Give the candles a twist, and they light up for everyone to see. And this year, with what's happening on the global stage with Twitter deregulating, it's frightening. PRICHEP: Jacob Ari Labendz directs the Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo College. The Talmud directs Jews to not just celebrate the holiday but to do it publicly, placing their menorahs where passersby can see the lights.

Sunday evening marked the beginning of Hanukkah. This year in Helena, the celebration of the Festival of Lights is extra special for Jewish families and the ...

At the Jewish festival of lights, Mr Biden took a moment to slam a "venom" of hatred on the rise globally.

You're hurt. "I recognise your fear. On Tuesday night, Mr Biden noted that he was speaking to the crowd "in the midst of a rising emboldenment of antisemitism at home, and quite frankly around the world".