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How to Talk to Your Kids About Not Celebrating Christmas

If you’re raising your kids Jewish but you or your partner are from a different faith (even if neither of you...

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Inclusive & Interfaith Holiday Cards

Have you ever gotten a Hanukkah card that really doesn’t feel inclusive of all the members of your family?...

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8 Gifts That Give Back for Hanukkah & Any Holiday You’re Celebrating

Hanukkah gift-giving (or any holiday) is an opportunity to show your loved ones you care. It’s also a...

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Unlocking Hanukkah: A Cheat Sheet

As a Jew, I am often required to provide information and facts regarding Hanukkah. Most people want a simplified...

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December Holidays Conversation Starters

The December holidays bring up more questions and tension for many couples than any other time of year. Because...

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How to Talk About Christmas Trees in an Interfaith Relationship

Tree or no tree? Little tree or big? Only at the grandparents’, or at home, too? More than perhaps any other...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Relationship Challenges

Eight Nights of Giving: Kids Edition

While December is the season when kids get excited about presents, it’s also a perfect time to teach them the...

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Lighting the Hanukkah Menorah: Here’s How

So how you’re trying to figure out how to light a menorah? Well, lighting the Hanukkah menorah is an easy...

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How to Play the Dreidel Game

Have you ever wondered how to play the popular Hanukkah game of dreidel? This simple spinning top game is easily...

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18Doors’ Guide to Hanukkah

This guide to Hanukkah will teach you about the holiday and its traditions. You will learn how to approach...

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The Guide: What is Hanukkah?

Did you know that the fun, celebratory winter festival of Hanukkah commemorates an ancient military victory?...

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The Guide: Hanukkah Symbols and Traditions

Because of its relatively recent development as a holiday, there are far fewer Hanukkah traditions than other...

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The Guide: Hanukkah Food

Hanukkah foods fried in oil are usually the focus of family feasts as a way to commemorate the miracle of the...

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The Guide: Hanukkah, Christmas and Your Interfaith Family

Interfaith families are diverse and varied in terms of family structures, faith backgrounds, celebrations,...

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The Guide: December Holiday Decision-Making Means Compromise

It might feel as though there are an unlimited number of December holiday decisions you’re up against. Not...

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The Guide: Navigating Through December Holiday Challenges

Even after so much effort to create your ideal holiday full of understanding and combined traditions, there’s...

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Christmas and Hanukkah Without Our Extended Family

Every year, my parents host a Hanukkah party for their three adult children, their spouses and their 11 grandchildren...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah

Hanukkah Mooncakes and Chive Latkes: A Jewish Chinese Festival of Lights

Lighting the menorah has always been my favorite part. As a child, I loved being the one to move the shamash...

Hanukkah, Jewish Chinese Relationship, Marriage

10+ Unique December Holiday Traditions We Love

We asked interfaith couples and families to share the unique traditions they have for celebrating the...

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Hanukkah Candle Lighting and Blessings

Hanukkah candle blessings are significant for reminding people of their duty to transform the darkness of the...

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Most Important Jewish Holidays Cheat Sheet

About the Hebrew Calendar and the Celebrated Holidays (Holy Days) Why are Jewish holidays always changing dates? Jewish...

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Potato Latkes with Caramelized Onion Sour Cream

These are basically an amped up version of the classic latkes that I typically make and they are sooo good....

Hanukkah, Hanukkah Food, Recipes

Christmas Decorations: My Guilty Pleasure

It’s that time of year again when I ask myself as a Jew if I prefer Christmas to Hanukkah. Historically, my...

Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Jewish Holidays

Hanukkah Feels Different This Year

In this time of news stories that cover the prevalence of anti-Semitism, we as Jews respond with sadness, tinged...

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