Holiday archive - Chanukah

Commentary & customs

•‘Ma’oz Tzur’: Curious song became mainstay of Chanukah by Herb Geduld (2007)
•Fighting the tide of ‘hot’ Chanukah toys by Lila Hanft (2007)
•8 candles, 17 syllables: Chanukah haikus by CJN readers (2007)
•The Inca staple that became Chanukah fare by Herb Geduld (2007)
•Family-centeredholiday with modest gift-giving by Cliff Savren (2007)
•The Green Hanukkia campaign urges: Light one less candle (2007)
•Chanukah's importance has changed in Israel by Herb Geduld (2006)
•Chanukah Israeli style: modest, caloric by Cliff Savren (2006)
•Going like hotcakes: latkes vs. hamantashen debate by Arlene Fine
•Great miracles here ... then and now? by Marcy Oster (2006)
•Bringing the holidays home to nursing homes by Susan H. Kahn (2006)
•‘Are you Jewish?’ Yes, I am! (Checking out the Menorah Mobile)by Douglas J. Guth (2006)
•Christmas trees vs. ‘A Laugh, A Tear, A Mitzvah’ by Cynthia Dettelbach (2005)
•When grandma's got a Christmas tree by Lila Hanft (2005)
•Chanukah caroling by Ted S. Stratton (2004)
•Judith: a woman to celebrate at Chanukah by Anne Lapidus Lerner (2004)
•Chanukah delights money can't buy by Mark Davidson (2004)
•Bigger can be better at Chanukah by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky (2003)
•The 36 candles we light on Chanukah by Herb Geduld (2003)
•Chanukah & vegetarianism; making a logical connection by Richard H. Schwartz (2003)
•Lighting 'One Chanukah Candle for Tzedakah' on Dec. 25 by Susan Ringel (2003)
•Gift of dreidel closed the circle by Melody Amsel-Arieli (2003)
•Christmas is in our face this Chanukah by Erica Rauzin (2003)
•At Chanukah choose among four miracles by Alan Levenson (2003)
•Chanukah, a prescription for peace by Rabbi Doniel Schur (2003)
•Judith - the heroine of Chanukah? By Herb Geduld (2003)
•It's a chanukiah, not a menorah by Herb Geduld (2002)
•Don't freak; it's just Thanksgiving and Chanukah by Douglas J. Guth (2002)
•Chanukah celebrations to treasure by CJN readers (2002)
•The blessing over the Chanukah candles (2002)
•Marking Chanukah in small Polish towns by Stacey Nolish (2001)
•Oppressive taxes, civil war and miracles at Chanukah by David S. Ariel (2001)
•Missing the miracle of Chanukah by Susan Rzepka (2001)
•Rekindling Chanukah: Eight values for eight nights by Rahel Musleah (2000)
•True story of Chanukah is an intra-religious struggle by Rabbi Steve Segar (2000)
•Chanukah in Jerusalem by Herb Geduld (2000)

News
•Matchless Chanukah mitzvah makers: Clevelanders enjoy gift of giving to less fortunate by Arlene Fine (2001)
•A 'Chanukah Bush' - local artist/musician Jordan Garfinkle entertains at the White House by Jane Lefko (2004)


Gifts & giving:

•Fighting the tide of ‘hot’ Chanukah toys by Lila Hanft (2007)
•Family-centeredholiday with modest gift-giving by Cliff Savren (2007)
•Chanukah Charity Guide: give gift that matters most by Lisa Alcalay Klug (2006)
•8 gifts for kids that don’t need to be wrapped (2006)
•Emphasis on gift-giving takes on a positive spin by Jane Ulman (2003)

Book and music reviews:

•Kids’ books and games: Gifts we love to give…and get by Ellen Schur Brown (2007)
•The Levees: Chanukah with a punk-pop beat by Lila Hanft (2006)
•Clevelander Lori Cahan-Simon’s new Chanukah CD is in Yiddish by Alan Smason (2006)
•Chanukah books we love by Andrea Davidson (2006)
•‘A Chanukah Feast' - savoring klezmer to hip-hop by Ellen Brown (2006)
•Klezmatics release Woody Guthrie's Chanukah songs by Alan Smason (2006)
•Kids’ books: Chanukah versions of Christmas classics by Ellen Schur Brown (2005)
•Muppets display Jewish roots in ‘Chanukah on Planet Matzo Ball’ by Ellen Schur Brown (2003)
•Animated Adam Sandler offers a festival of lights (and poop jokes) by Margi Herwald (2002)
•Mining treasuries of Chanukah lore by Ellen Harris (2000)

Recipes:

•Tasty tidbits for Chanukah party by Joan Kekst (2004)
•Chanukah menu reflects miracle of oil by Joan Kekst (2002)