When it comes to unique gifts for Hanukkah, it's hard to beat moderntribe.com for its selection. Among some new gifts the website touts is "The Comic Torah: Reimagining the Very Good Book" by author Aaron Freeman and illustrator Sharon Rosenzweig. The...
I was sitting with my parents this summer at a nice restaurant in St. Louis - "nice" meaning we had all traded our jeans and flip-flops for more formal attire and were enjoying a bottle of wine that had been ordered from a separate wine menu. As our...
Editor's note: This week's print edition of the Light indicated an incorrect admission cost for this event. The correct costs are indicated below. The JCC in partnership with Sesame Street Workshop is offering a special Hanukkah program for families with...
by Patricia Corrigan, Special to the Jewish light
• Published November 24, 2010
Make ‘em laugh - send fashion mavens in your circle Menorah Blahnik Cards. A package contains six cards, each one blank inside for your personal message. The cards cost $13.95 from www.moderntribe.com. Collector-quality handcrafted menorahs and dreidels...
by Patricia Corrigan, Special to the Jewish light
• Published November 24, 2010
Introducing latkes to the wee ones? Tie on these fancy latke bibs and fret no more about stains on clothing when the younger set digs in. The bibs, in a festive latke print, are available for boys or girls for $18 each from www.moderntribe.com. For pre-schoolers,...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- Are you ready for a new Jewish order this Hanukkah? Considering our economic times, are we faced with a gradual cutback in the way we light the menorah? Someone once proposed that we light the whole thing on the first night, then...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- Want to increase your odds for Hanukkah fun? A new market of holiday offerings is featuring Jewish toys that flash, spin and challenge -- including "No Limit Texas Dreidel," a poker version of the classic top game. There's even something...
MONSEY, N.Y. (JTA) - Hanukkah, O Hanukkah ... it's one of my favorite times of year -- and certainly one of the busiest!
I host several parties because you know how it goes: Aunt Jenny won't come if Uncle Oscar is in the room, and Scott isn't talking...
BOISE, Idaho (JTA) -- In the days ahead, Jewish windows and doorways will glow with flickering flames. Large menorahs will stand tall in shopping centers and thoroughfares, joining thousands of such displays from Bangkok to Boise. Contrary to some people's...
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- My catalogue-stuffed mailbox was the first reminder that Hanukkah, or rather the season of shopping, was fast approaching. Years of Hebrew school had taught me, despite its proximity to Christmas, that Jews were not supposed to commemorate...
NEW YORK (JTA) -- When I walked into our local Kmart the night after Labor Day, Christmas music already beckoned shoppers to do what they do best during the great white winter holiday: consume. Traditional Christians probably decry the way in which the...
NEW YORK (JTA) -- We are all of us afraid of the dark. At night, anxieties suppressed or repressed come swimming to the surface: Am I safe? Am I loved? Am I needed? Is there meaning in the world, or ultimately is it all just a swirl of chaos? For some...
