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Although Hanukkah is considered a minor Jewish holiday, Its proximity to Christmas gives it weight. The “Festival of Lights” helped link American Jews to their Christian neighbors while still ...
Throughout the history of Christianity, Jewish peoples have been historically religious minorities in countries that were majority or even officially Christian. Over time, a unique relationship evolved between the Jews and the major Christian holiday of Christmas, including the creation of separate traditions and the intersection of Hanukkah and Christmas, among other convergences.
wundervisuals/Getty Images. 4. Playing Dreidel. A dreidel is a tiny spinning top, inscribed with Hebrew letters on its four sides, and it’s used to play the popular Hanukkah game by the same name.
This year, many Jews are afraid to light their own menorahs and show their Judaism publicly, making stances of support and solidarity all the more important, writes Amy Klein. Opinion: This ...
The Hanukkah Story. According to Jewish tradition, after the Jews won back Jerusalem, they found that the Temple had been destroyed. They began to clean it up and wanted to light the menorah (a ...
A Hanukkah bush that some Jewish families display in their homes for the duration of Hanukkah and Christmas. [1] [2] It uses a Star of David rather than any Christian-themed decorations. A Hanukkah bush is a bush or tree—real or artificial—that some Jewish families in North America display in their homes for the duration of Hanukkah.
More than 500 American Jewish leaders attended the reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House. [34] Rabbi Larry Bazer, a Jewish military chaplain stationed in Afghanistan the previous Hanukkah, was given the honor of lighting the sixth candle of Hanukkah on a 90-year-old menorah rescued from a Long Island synagogue battered by Hurricane ...
Still, noted the New York Times, while tracing the rise of Hanukkah-themed commercialism, "More than 150 years ago, American Jews faced the opposite problem. Families settling in U.S. cities found ...