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December 30, 2024, 6:22 pm
Chronicle poll results: Favorite Chanukah tradition
We asked our readers about their favorite Chanukah tradition. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch, speaks at the National Menorah lighting on the Ellipse, just south of the White House, in Washington, D.C., Dec. 25, 2024. (Photo by Mike Wagenheim)
December 26, 2024, 12:44 pm
Overflow crowd, smiles and tears at National Menorah lighting in DC
“The Maccabees were also exhausted, but they didn’t give up,” Rabbi Levi Shemtov, who organizes the event, told JNS.
By Mike Wagenheim
December 24, 2024, 9:46 am
Chronicle poll question
What is your favorite Chanukah tradition?
The Mason family celebrates Chanukah. (Photo courtesy of the Mason family)
December 18, 2024, 12:04 pm
Convergence of Chanukah and Christmas offers opportunities for interfaith families
What’s important, Rabbi Aaron Bisno said, is that interfaith families within the Jewish community “are living meaningful lives in the context of 21st-century America.”
By Deborah Weisberg
(Photo courtesy of Pixabay)
December 18, 2024, 11:09 am
From the Maccabees to the Maccabeats
Like Judaism as a whole, the holiday of Chanukah seems to thrive both on tradition and improvisation.
By Tim Miller
(Design by Avital Dayanim)
December 3, 2024, 11:38 am
The best Hanukkah gift won’t actually cost you anything
For a truly special and personal present, allow me to introduce you to the curated list.
By Leila Sales
(Photo by nurseryart via Pexels)
August 15, 2024, 11:11 am
Celebrating Tu B’Av
Our readers share their love stories
By Toby Tabachnick
Date Palm. Photo by Randall Niles via Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/34843598@N02/3236124615
January 6, 2023, 4:38 am
Bring out the bokser, it’s Tu B’Shevat season
Weeks remain until carob lovers can officially rejoice, but Pittsburghers are already preparing
By Adam Reinherz
Target's array of Hanukkah mugs represent just a small swath of the national retailer's 2022 Hanukkah collection. (Philissa Cramer)
December 16, 2022, 11:36 am
The Chanukah merch market has exploded. But are Jews feeling more represented?
Pillows; dreidel-shaped pet toys; window decals; menorahs in the shape of lions — do we really need all this stuff?
By Philissa Cramer
Girls dancing on Tu B'Av (ארכיון ומוזיאון החאן חדרה (ע.ר), creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons)
August 3, 2022, 11:52 am
Tisha B’Av and Tu B’Av: What’s the difference?
Tisha B’Av and Tu B’Av could not be more different, with one being a somber day of mourning and the other being a celebration of love.
By Jillian Diamond
Photo by Wayne, courtesy of flickr.com
December 1, 2021, 9:41 am
Grief and the holidays
How do we manage our grief and deal with the overwhelming demands of the season?
By Jan Kellough
Brothers Lazaroff and a host of special guests including Rabbi James Stone Goodman perform at the ninth annual Hanukkah Hullabaloo on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, at the Grandel Theatre. (Photo by Bill Motchan)
December 9, 2020, 3:12 pm
Annual Chanukah bash with Brothers Lazaroff goes virtual
The 10th Annual Brothers Lazaroff Hanukkah Hullabaloo, dubbed “A Virtual Miracle,” will take place on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. EST.
By Ellen Futterman
(Photo courtesy of Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh)
December 7, 2020, 11:41 pm
Federation will have 24/7 Chanukah candle lighting cam
It's a repeating video feed of a Chanukah candle lighting ceremony to play on screens at home.
Newborn, bar/bat mitzvah and birthday mezuzot (Photo by Cathy Frank)
December 7, 2020, 2:30 pm
Pittsburgher gets crafty with personalized Judaica
Cathy Frank sells handmade mezuzahs, jewelry, wall hangings and more.
By Kayla Steinberg
(Photo by Pixabay via Pexels)
December 4, 2020, 10:40 am
2020 Chanukah gift ideas
Gifts for the whole mishpacha
By Jesse Bernstein
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