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Easy Sufganiyot Dippers

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Our Best Hanukkah Recipes: New Twists on Holiday Classics

By JewishBoston

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How to Clean Your Menorah

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How to Play Dreidel

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Hanukkah Matching Game for Kids

By JewishBoston

Food & Recipes

Butternut Potato Latkes

12/10/2020 Top Pick

Butternut-Potato Latkes Have a Crispy Crunch Everyone Craves

These golden latkes swap out butternut squash for some of the potatoes; grated butternut imparts a subtle sweetness to the batter.

By The Boston Globe

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12/7/2020 Top Pick

Cacio e Pepe Latkes With Roasted Tomato Sauce

Looking to spice up your latke repertoire for Hanukkah? Chef Sarah Wade has you covered.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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12/3/2020 Top Pick

Jalapeño and Fennel Fruit Salad to Eat With Latkes

By Avi ShemtovFor JewishBoston

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12/2/2020 Top Pick

10 Cheesy Hanukkah Recipes

By JewishBoston

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12/1/2020 Top Pick

Dessert Latkes Recipe Roundup

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12/1/2020 Top Pick

Brown Sugar Caramel Apple Upside-Down Noodle Kugel

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11/30/2020 Top Pick

12 Decadent Doughnuts to Make for Hanukkah

By JewishBoston

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12/13/2019 Top Pick

How Boston Families Handle Hanukkah Gift-Giving

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

12/12/2019 Top Pick

JewBelong’s Hanukkah Booklet

Includes traditional blessings, plus updated ones for each night that you’ll actually relate to, and a fun skit.

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12/9/2019 Top Pick

The History of Chrismukkah

Despite his claim, Seth Cohen did not invent the holiday.

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12/3/2019 Top Pick

Eight Nights of Hanukkah That Aren’t Just About Presents

If your kids are all about the presents during the Festival of Lights, you are so not alone!

By Kveller

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11/30/2018 Top Pick

Eight Days of Giveaways

By JewishBoston

Voices From Our Community

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11/16/2021 Top Pick

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and (Almost) Love the Maccabees

By Rabbi Mike RothbaumFor Congregation Beth Elohim

"Judith goes to the camp of the Assyrians. (Book of Judith, Chapter 10) Woodcut after a drawing by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794 - 1872) from my archive, published in 1877."

11/15/2021 Top Pick

A Chanukah Heroine

Let’s consider a lesser-known story in Jewish tradition and how it might impact our celebration this year.

By Rabbi Jen Gubitz

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11/15/2021 Top Pick

My Immigrant Mother’s First Menorah in America

My Cuban mother bought only one menorah in America and it lit the way for decades.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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11/15/2021 Top Pick

The Miracle of Hanukkah: A Personal Reflection

By Nina Livingstone

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12/27/2020 Top Pick

Christmas Trees or Children

Reflections about Jewish interfaith families with Christmas trees in their homes.

By Rabbi Danny BurkemanFor Temple Shir Tikva (Wayland)

Idyllic winter scene: Pine tree covered with snow.

12/21/2020 Top Pick

And Then: The 12 Days of December

An ode to December.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

12/11/2020 Top Pick

Eight Days of Hanukkah in Quarantine

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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12/10/2020 Top Pick

Refusing to Be Comforted

This world presents no shortage of sparks to rekindle the flame of grief.

By Rabbi Minna BrombergFor Hebrew College

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12/8/2020 Top Pick

Festival of Zoom—Without the Gloom

Hanukkah 2020 will be different and memorable and probably more intentional.

Arts & Culture

Hallmark Channel’s “Love, Lights, Hanukkah!” (Courtesy Crown Media Family Networks)

12/14/2020 Top Pick

Hallmark Channel’s “Love, Lights, Hanukkah!” Is Comforting

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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12/13/2020 Top Pick

A Great Hanukkah Movie Would Take a Miracle

By The A.V. Club

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11/29/2021 Top Pick

Light Up the Night With These Boston-Area Hanukkah Events

From menorah lightings to food and music, here’s how to celebrate the Festival of Lights this year.

By Morgan RousseauFor Boston.com

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12/16/2020 Top Pick

JewBer and Yad Chessed Deliver Almost 400 Hanukkah Meals

The partnership donates time and food to those in need around the Boston area.

By Monica SagerFor JewBer

BOSTON, MA: December 10, 2020: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, center, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh join Rabbi Joseph Zaklos, left, for the 37th Annual Menorah-Lighting in celebration of the start of Chanukah on the Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts. (Staff photo by Nicolaus Czarnecki/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)

12/11/2020 Top Pick

Celebrating Hanukkah Amid Coronavirus

By Boston Herald

Message of hope in the darkness punctuating Hanukkah in a very special way

12/11/2020 Top Pick

Message of Hope in the Darkness

“What we must learn from the Hanukkah warriors, who lit the first lamp on the first night, having no idea what will transpire, miracles happen.”

By The Boston Globe

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12/10/2020 Top Pick

Households Across Boston to Find Light in Pandemic-Era Hanukkah Festivities

Community organizations prove a pandemic can’t stamp out the Jewish Festival of Lights.

By The Daily Free Press

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12/10/2020 Top Pick

A Guide to Celebrating Hanukkah 2020 in Boston

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12/3/2020 Top Pick

Car Menorah Parade Is Planned in Needham

The Chabad Jewish Center is organizing a Car Menorah Parade to precede its traditional menorah lighting in front of Town Hall on Sunday, Dec. 13.

By The Boston Globe

Rabbis Yosef Zaklos (left) and Chaim Prus danced at Sunday’s celebration.NIC ANTAYA FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

12/23/2019 Top Pick

Jewish Community Vows to Make Hanukkah Lights Shine Brighter

The Jewish community vowed to make their Hanukkah lights shine brighter this year, bringing hope after a year that saw an unsettling rise in anti-Semitism.

By The Boston Globe

BOSTON. - DECEMBER 22: Rabbi Yosef Zaklos seeks to the crowd during the 36th Annual Menorah lighting in the Boston Common on December 22, 2019 in Boston, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)

12/23/2019 Top Pick

Jews ‘Persist’ in Face of Rising Tide of Antisemitism

Jews celebrated the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday.

By Boston Herald

BOSTON MA. - DECEMBER 22: Rabbi Yosef Zaklos introduces Mayor Marty Walsh at the 36th Annual Menorah lighting in the Boston Common on December 22, 2019 in Boston, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)

12/23/2019 Top Pick

As We Celebrate Hanukkah, It Doesn’t Feel Safe to Be Jewish

It doesn’t feel entirely safe to be Jewish because it is not, in fact, entirely safe to be Jewish.

By Boston Herald