There’s no shortage of in-person, free, family-friendly events this Hanukkah season to commemorate the Festival of Lights, which begins on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 18 and concludes the evening of Monday, Dec. 26. Here is a roundup of the communitywide...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 18, 2022
The Brothers Lazaroff hope the experience that is their annual Hanukkah Hullabaloo concert is one fans will continue to enjoy now Hanukkah is underway.
"Got a little Hanukkah treat we wanted to share before we hibernate for a bit," wrote brothers Jeff...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 18, 2022
Sometimes the real story gets buried. On Saturday, “NBC News” aired a story on King Charles' first 100 days, which included the news-making rift between his son Harry, his daughter-in-law Meghan Markle and the rest of the royal family. But what should...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 18, 2022
After a two-year COVID hiatus, the Home Depot Chanukah Experience is back! On Sunday, nearly 500 kids and their family members built their own menorahs and noshed on latkes. The event, which is held by Home Depot and Chabad of Greater St. Louis, originated...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 15, 2022
“Jews are ready/Doughnuts with jelly" is the opening line from Jewish a cappella greats Six13 newest release for Hanukkah, and it literally made me, as the kids like to say, lol (laugh out loud).
"You don't have to be a #LatkeMan to join in -- just...
Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein, JTA
• Published December 15, 2022
(JTA) — As a young child I often wondered why people light the hanukkiah, or Hanukkah menorah, in so many different places. Some light the candles on their front porches and driveways, some in the streets, others at in city parks, and a very select...
(JTA) — In the days before Hanukkah, which starts Sunday night, a few men and women from two Conservative institutions in Israel will travel to the small Jewish community in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, with a supply of needed items.
Amid the power outages...
(JTA) — When the New York Giants and Washington Commanders face off on “Sunday Night Football” this weekend, there will be two extra lights inside the stadium.
Sunday is the first night of Hanukkah, and for the first time ever, the National Football...
Philissa Cramer, JTA
• Published December 13, 2022
(JTA) — It was early November when Nicholas Wymer-Santiago walked into his local Target in Austin, Texas, and realized it was beginning to feel a lot like Hanukkah.
Instead of an endcap with a limited array of Hanukkah basics, as he had seen in...
Hanukkah is probably the most fun holiday the Jewish calendar has to offer. And for good reason, too. Not only is it a beautiful festival of light, but it involves plenty of fried goodness, chocolates, gifts, family and friends. Still not convinced? Scroll...
BY RACHAEL TURKIENICZ, My Jewish Learning
• Published December 13, 2022
The First and Second Books of Maccabees contain the most detailed accounts of the battles of Judah Maccabee and his brothers for the liberation of Judea from foreign domination. These books include within them the earliest references to the story of...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 12, 2022
While there are probably dozens, if not hundreds, of different ways Jewish St. Louisans celebrate Hanukkah, I'm betting we all have one thing in common: We love to eat well during the eight nights of celebration. But after our briskets and potato...
