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Nov 19, 2025 - Every year, I tell myself I have enough menorahs. And every year, Hanukkah rolls around and I end up getting at least two or three new ones (and also making at...

Nov 26, 2025 - Each year, like a kid in a kosher candy store, I can’t wait for Hanukkah items to pop up in store aisles, endcaps and of course in those eerily personal...

Nov 19, 2025 - This year, we definitely need a lot of Jewish light. Yes, Hanukkah may still be a month away, starting on Dec. 14 this year, but we could all use some Jewish...

Sep 30, 2025 - In the past three years, it seemed like the Hallmark Channel had gotten on board with the Hanukkah program, giving us some quality, adorable and wonderfully...

Sep 19, 2023 - As the Hebrew year of 5783 came to an end earlier this month, the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority released it’s annual list of most popular...

Nov 14, 2025 - Most non-Israelis know Noa Kirel as the singer of “Unicorn,” which represented Israel in the 2023 Eurovision, earning the pop singer a very...

Nov 14, 2025 - For many years now, I’ve visited the websites of popular stores in November and searched “Hanukkah,” both for Kveller purposes and my own...

Dec 19, 2024 - I always feel like a disappointment when I’m asked what I’m doing for Hanukkah, because the answer is usually something like “picking the kids up from...

Jun 26, 2019 - You’re having — or just had — a baby! B’shaah tovah or mazel tov! Now, how about welcoming your little bundle of joy into Jewish life with a short...

Feb 17, 2022 - If you ask my children, they will tell you that I spend a great deal of time talking to them about Jewish pride, antisemitism and our extraordinary history,...

Dec 7, 2023 - I love making latkes. But I loathe grating potatoes and cleaning the food processor and making a starchy mess in the kitchen. And I bet you do, too. For those...

Nov 25, 2025 - When she won a Tony for her musical “Suffs” in 2024, Shaina Taub, the creator and star of the show about the fight for women’s right to vote,...

Dec 11, 2024 - This Hanukkah brings with it three new Jewish episodes of kids shows from Disney alone. And in the last few years, we’ve really gotten a boon of...

Jun 26, 2018 - Providing comfort for the mourners.

Nov 19, 2025 - If there is one Yiddish word I feel like I embody more than any other, it is “klutz.” I have always felt like a klutz: dropping things (I type this...

Dec 20, 2024 - A Jewish friend texted me the other day and asked if she could rant about something Christmas-related. “Christmas is not a secular holiday!” she said....

Nov 24, 2025 - I have many thoughts about Hanukkah decorations, the commercialization of the holiday and the most recent wave of ritual items. Each of my opinions contradicts...

Dec 9, 2020 - In 2013, I found myself transported back to the Borscht Belt — or at least what I think of as the Borscht Belt, based on my knowledge from The Marvelous Mrs....

Nov 21, 2025 - On Nov. 21, her mother’s 80th birthday, actor Kate Hudson posted a carousel of special pictures from the life of award-winning actress Goldie Hawn to...

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Nov 6, 2025 - Hanukkah gifts came to me as a surprise. Not literal gifts, but the concept of them. When I first started celebrating the Jewish Festival of Lights with...

Nov 21, 2025 - Elizabeth Banks may not share pictures of her two teenage sons, Felix and Magnus, but she does share their simchas — joyous celebrations. Or at least, she...