Hanukkah Archives

15 Dec

Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Latest

Contemporary Hanukkah Songs for Your Playlist

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Suzanne Borden

December 7, 2023

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Adam Sandler first performed “The Chanukah Song” on Saturday Night Live in 1994. Check out this and more modern Hanukkah favorites.

16 Dec

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Songs for Your Hanukkah Playlist

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James David Jacobs

March 30, 2022

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There is a rich legacy of recorded music that can only add to our understanding of Hanukkah and our connection to its traditions.

06 Dec

2016 November-December, Food, Food & Recipes, Talk of the Table

The Great Hanukkah Clanging

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Moment

July 31, 2025

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Hanukkah was really only about one thing when I was growing up. It wasn’t the presents—they were generally small and unexciting...

06 Dec

2016 November-December, Food, Food & Recipes, Talk of the Table

In the story of Hanukkah—the cruel reign of Antiochus, the unlikely victory of Mattathias and his sons, the one cruse of sacred oil left in the plundered Temple that burned for eight days—there is no mention of money.

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Embracing Rosh Hodesh

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Moment

February 1, 2013

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By Scott Fox I love Hanukkah: the presents, wintertime, dreidels, candle lighting. I love all of it. I was born on the fourth day of Hanukkah...

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The Dybbuk of Christmas Past

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Sala Levin

May 8, 2012

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By Matthew Kassel Christmas doesn’t mean much to me anymore, though for the first ten years of my life, it was my favorite holiday. Pretty standard,...

Culture

O Come, All Ye Chosen

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Sala Levin

May 8, 2012

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Mid-November means that it's officially pumpkin spice latte and peppermint mocha season at Starbucks. (What, you don't measure time by the seasonal offerings of national...

29 Dec

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My First Christmas, Again

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Sala Levin

December 16, 2023

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by Steven Philp This past Saturday my family sat around the Christmas tree to unwrap presents. We have a particular system when it comes to opening...

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Maccabeats Suffer “Wardrobe Malfunction”

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elisniv

May 8, 2012

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By Doni Kandel The Yeshiva University Maccabeats, the university’s a capella group that has taken the United States by storm, received one of their first ugly...

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An Ancient Synagogue in Damascus

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elisniv

May 8, 2012

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By Samantha Sisskind If you go to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City in Damascus, Syria, you’ll find hardly any obvious traces of Jewish life. ...

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Recipe: Sumac or Za’atar Latkes

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elisniv

May 8, 2012

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Both sumac and za’atar (hyssop) were biblical spices, the former used to impart a lemony flavor to food, and the latter to season almost anything....

03 Dec

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Hanukkah Throwback: Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

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Sala Levin

December 7, 2023

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Maybe the goblins of Hanukkah don't just exist in the pages of a picture book; perhaps today's goblins are the trappings of adulthood that make us forget the special glow that the Hanukkah of our youths possessed.