Without Hanukkah, There Would Be No Christmas
Leslie S. Lebl and Tali Gillette
December 21, 2025
The world’s most influential moral and religious traditions rest, in part, on a people who refused to disappear.
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Holidays
From Scarcity to Abundance: The Miracle of Hanukkah and the Modern Miracle of the State of Israel
Lisa Ansell
December 17, 2025
The Jewish tradition of transforming scarcity into abundance, and Israel’s journey from a barren desert to a beacon of global achievement, are miracles forged by vision, perseverance, and an enduring belief in possibility.
A 1944 Hanukkah Message to America
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern
December 10, 2025
Eighty-one years ago, while America was at war and millions of Jews were being slaughtered, the rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation delivered a Hanukkah message that resonates to this day.
Getting Our Hanukkah Story Right
Rabbi Daniel Landes
December 10, 2025
This is unmistakably a Jewish story: the mother is no preacher of martyrdom.
Hanukkah 5786: Liberation
Rabbi Lori Shapiro
December 10, 2025
This Hanukkah, may all of us find liberation.
The Freedom to Be Different: Rekindling our Eternal Hanukkah Light
Karen Lehrman Bloch
December 9, 2025
It’s only through fully recognizing our individualism that we can be unified as a people. And it’s only through nourishing the soul that the bravery, nonconformity, and the true spirit and resilience of the Maccabees can be achieved.
The Ultimate Hanukkah 2025 Gift Guide
Kylie Ora Lobell
December 5, 2025
Check out these fantastic items for your 2025 Hanukkah gift list.
How Yom Kippur Helps Us Stop Playing the Blame Game
Rabbi Dr. Benji Levy
September 30, 2025
Once a year, we stand shoulder to shoulder and chant our sins out loud. Wrapped in solidarity with those who may have lived very differently from us, we affirm: “Your failings are my failings. My repentance is yours.”
A Preview of Rosh Hashanah Sermons
Ryan Torok
September 17, 2025
At a time of divisiveness, worry and uncertainty in our community, what is a key message you’re planning to share with your congregation over these High Holy Days?
The Sound of Our Stories: Reclaiming Jewish Narrative
Stephen Smith
September 17, 2025
This Rosh Hashanah, as the shofar calls us back to ourselves, we need to remember that we are more than our reactions to antisemitism.
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