It’s Chrismukkah! It’s December 25th, a day that happens to be both Christmas Day and the first of eight days of Chanukah. Today, I’ve got the real pleasure of sharing the studio with my landsman, my ...
Chanukah is a time when loved ones gather to light the menorah, eat sufganiyot, and exchange gifts. For families that are impacted by serious illness, however, the holiday can be stressful. Children ...
When you think of Chanukah, you might think of greasy potato latkes, spinning dreidels, chocolates shaped like coins and wrapped in gold foil, or lighting candles on a Menorah. Or you might first ...
There is a custom extant to gift money (gelt) to children on Chanukah for valid reasons, and perhaps that morphed into the present mania. But it’s still a legacy of our interactions with the ...