NEW YORK (JTA) — For the past 25 years on Passover, my wife and I have hosted a first night Seder for our friends.
While the main attraction is often my spouse’s remarkable talents in the kitchen, for us it is about sharing the deep meaning of this festival with friends –- many of whom are [...]

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8 days full of light and miracles in Kharkov. 5000 doughnuts. 500 menorahs. 2000 chanukah brochures. And thousands of smiles. For the first time ever a menorah was set up in ‘Daffy’ shopping center right at the entrance. Thousands of shoppers learned about Chanukah and enjoyed a klezmer concert nightly with Chassidic dancing and a [...]

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If we study the Chanukah story, we will find that there are many heroes of this holiday.
There is Matisyohu, deserving of this title since he ignited the rebellion at a time when the population felt the hopelessness of its situation.
Another hero is Yehudah the Maccabee, who brilliantly carried the older Matisyahu’s rebellion to the battlefield [...]

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According to Jewish tradition, God created a large number of miracles, beginning with the creation of the world itself. To name a few, there was the liberation from Egypt and the splitting of the Red Sea, the manna that saved the people from starvation in the wilderness, and the sun that did not set until [...]

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Okay, all you scholars of Jewish history, the Rabbi has a question for you. What does it mean to be a hero? In the famous Hanukkah story, which we all know and love; the story of Judah Maccabbee and his family who fought and defeated the Syrian-Greeks and rededicated the Temple; the tiny little cruise [...]

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