This is not going to be one of those complicated posts. Nope. Are we going to contemplate the historical revisionist perspective of the Maccabees? Are we going to contemplate the significance of...
Tag - Chanukah
G-dcast Spins Chanukah
That’s the title of last year’s G-dcast Chaukah video. It takes an interesting spin on dreidels but otherwise it’s fun, entertaining and educational as well! Enjoy it while...
Jews Sing Mormon Christmas Song in Honor of Sen. Hatch’s...
Details at 11 When Senator Orin Hatch, a Mormon, put together a nice little Hanukah ditty, some took umbrage because the Senator is a Republican. And a Mormon. Not sure which they felt was worst. In...
An Archaeological Hannukah
Leave it to the colonialist Israel Antiquities Authority (the vaunted IAA) to continue to play a role in the formation and enactment of Israel’s colonial-national historical imagination by...
People of the Books Chanukah Contest Giveaway!
You should by now be aware that for the most part, when we have a “contest”, we don’t make you jump through hoops, write soul searching essays, mine your email addresses so that...
I Adore-ah Obama’s Menorah
Each evening, after work, I have been rushing home to see if the invitation has arrived from the White House to the White House Hanukkah Party on December 16. It hasn’t. Don’t they know I...