How to make a birch branch menorah
Jonathan Fong
November 24, 2015
While the lighting of the Chanukah candles has been a tradition for centuries, menorahs themselves are constantly being reinvented.
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November 24, 2015
Chanukah: Lior Hillel’s family pastry project
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2015
Every year before Chanukah rolls around in Israel, everyone gets very excited.
Taking of hostages in northern France not linked to Paris attacks
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2015
Armed men who took hostages on Tuesday in the northern French town of Roubaix appeared to have no link to the Nov. 13 attacks by Islamist militants in Paris but were probably planning a robbery, police sources said on Tuesday.
Christie: Using term ‘radical Islam’ is ‘clarifying’
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2015
Referring to the U.S. war on terror as confronting radical Islamic terrorism is more helpful than refraining from using that term, Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said on Tuesday.
Zengoula with lemon syrup: A new-old Chanukah treat
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2015
The tradition of eating latkes during Chanukah is only half the story.
The accidental brussels sprouts latkes
Hava Volterra
November 24, 2015
A couple of years ago, just before Chanukah, I heard Akasha Richmond on KCRW describing how her kitchen manager had over-ordered Brussels sprouts (to the tune of 50 pounds).
My Spanish-Venezuelan Chanukah
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2015
I never had a latke until I moved to the United States 24 years ago.
Apparent suicide attack on Tunisian presidential guard bus kills 12
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2015
At least 12 people were killed on Tuesday when an explosion tore through a bus full of Tunisian presidential guards in an attack that one source said was probably the work of a suicide bomber.
Amazon removing Nazi-symbol ads on NY subways for new TV show
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2015
Amazon is removing its Nazi-symbol-laden ads for “The Man in the High Castle” television show from a highly trafficked New York subway line.
Obama calls Ezra Schwartz’s family to offer condolences
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2015
President Barack Obama called the parents of Ezra Schwartz, the 18-year-old American student murdered last week in a Palestinian terror attack in the West Bank, to offer his condolences.
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