Chanukah

HOLIDAY SHARING

By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/12/2023 • ( 5 )

Share Your World : 11th December Usually I’d have our tree out by now, especially since putting it up involves walking into another room, picking it up, putting it on top of the stereo and plugging it in. Not exactly a… Read More ›

FEAR OF GRATERS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/09/2023 • ( 15 )

Chanukah has come around again. It’s time to make potato latkes, the traditional Chanukah dish, though in Israel, it’s jelly donuts. To properly make latkes, you have to grate potatoes. I live in fear of graters. No matter how careful… Read More ›

THE END OF CHANUKAH AND TODAY IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/24/2022 • ( 3 )

It’s nice when the two holiday conjoin or overlap. Tonight was the final night of Chanukah and tomorrow, Christmas Eve. So if you’re celebrating anything, have a great holiday weekend! Happy Chanukah! May your dreidels win you more chocolate (wrapped… Read More ›

HOLIDAY SPIRIT – BY ELLIN CURLEY

By Ellin Curley on 12/20/2017 • ( 15 )

Today is the final day of Chanukah while throughout the land, holiday spirits are peaking. This wildly enthusiastic holiday excitement is something I’ve heard about my whole life, but never fully experienced. I’m Jewish. Christmas is a holiday which I… Read More ›

Happy Chanukah!

By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/09/2012

Chanukah, Chanukkah or Chanukah), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE…. Read More ›