Unlocking Hanukkah: A Cheat Sheet
As a Jew, I am often required to provide information and facts regarding Hanukkah. Most people want a simplified...
December Holidays Conversation Starters
The December holidays bring up more questions and tension for many couples than any other time of year. Because...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Relationship Challenges
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
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...
Inclusive & Interfaith Holiday Cards
Have you ever gotten a Hanukkah card that really doesn’t feel inclusive of all the members of your family?...
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...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Tips and Advice
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...
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...
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...
18Doors’ Guide to Hanukkah
This guide to Hanukkah will teach you about the holiday and its traditions. You will learn how to approach...
Hanukkah, Hanukkah & Christmas, Hanukkah Rituals, Holiday How To, Jewish Holidays, Parenting Hanukkah
The Guide: What is Hanukkah?
Did you know that the fun, celebratory winter festival of Hanukkah commemorates an ancient military victory?...
The Guide: Hanukkah Symbols and Traditions
Because of its relatively recent development as a holiday, there are far fewer Hanukkah traditions than other...
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...
The Guide: Hanukkah, Christmas and Your Interfaith Family
Interfaith families are diverse and varied in terms of family structures, faith backgrounds, celebrations,...
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...
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...
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 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...
10+ Unique December Holiday Traditions We Love
We asked interfaith couples and families to share the unique traditions they have for celebrating the...
Hanukkah Candle Lighting and Blessings
Hanukkah candle blessings are significant for reminding people of their duty to transform the darkness of the...
Our Hanukkah Fight Wasn’t Really About What We Teach Our Kids
I took a seat at my computer while the girls were doing crafts in the kitchen and the baby was toddling around...
Hanukkah, Parenting, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories, Relationship Challenges, Relationships
Most Important Jewish Holidays Cheat Sheet
About the Hebrew Calendar and the Holidays we Celebrate
Why are Jewish holidays always changing dates?
Jewish...
Hanukkah, Holiday How To, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Holidays Toolbox, Passover, Purim, Religion, Rosh Hashanah, Simchat Torah, Tu Bishvat, Yom Kippur
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....
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...
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