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“Only” Christmas Here? Bah Humbug, Billboard!
While recently driving through one of those long rural stretches that blur the lines between Midwest and South, I saw a large billboard that said in cheery letters: “Happy Holidays!” But the billboard...
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Making Menorah-Oil… Maccabee-Style!
Today’s post is from guest writer Joanna Brichetto, Experiential Educator at Nashville’s West End Synagogue, who also runs the website Bible Belt Balabusta. Her Hanukkah program was so cool, so we were...
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Friends with Benefits
What do you do when you have a mission to promote Southern Jewish history, but you have no physical place in which to do it? Well, I think it’s a good idea to make friends… with benefits! Specifically,...
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Tevye & Holiday “Traditions”: On The Other Hand…
Image Source: Wikimedia/Impawards.com While some of my friends and neighbors are getting ready for the holiday season by watching Christmas specials, I recently decided to watch a different sort of...
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An Overdue Apology to Santa from a Nice Jewish Girl
Santa, let’s talk. “December Dilemma” is the perfect way to describe the mixture of emotions I feel during the holiday season. I like twinkle lights, but I don’t like how stores start playing Christmas...
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Re-Dedicating My Hanukkah
About this time last year, I remember walking around the streets of Jerusalem, counting the menorahs I could see in windowsills and doorways. I was excited and inspired- I had never seen such a...
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Menorahs In The Public Square: A History
There’s something prominently displayed at the Mississippi Governor’s mansion: a nativity scene. Seeing it recently took me by surprise. Menorah on the New York University campus (the author’s graduate...
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Shedding Light On One Family’s “December Dilemma”
A Christmas tree? In this nice Jewish girl’s home? Here’s how it happened. I am engaged to a wonderful man – who is not Jewish. Over the course of our relationship, we’ve talked a lot about what our...
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Once A Fellow, Always a Fellow
Recently, I was sitting in my office listening to a Hanukkah mix on Spotify (one of the many reasons that I know that I will always, always be a Jewish professional). A song came on that immediately...
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We Are All In The Club
Ann reading “The Only One Club” Here’s a lesson for Jewish kids I came across this December — which is a pretty good lesson for adults, too. One of my favorite things about teaching young children is...
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