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- In the Jerusalem Post, Barry Newman wonders how sufganiyot (doughnuts) supplanted latkes as the Israel’s chanukah food.
- The Connecticut Post reports on a menorah sculpted from ice.
- A reveler recounts the Las Vegas Jewish Federation’s Chanukah bash, which ends at the Playboy Club.
- Following up on yesterday’s Mariah Carey spoof (“All I want for Christmas is Jews.”), Noah Sugarman writes that all he wants for Chanukah is a certain Jewish hairstyle.
- The Jewish tradition of Chinese food on Christmas may be the product of a deep affinity between the cultures, the Washington Times reports.
- A Jewish southerner writes an impassioned defense of public Christmas trees.
- And if Israeli politicians can rip a page from the Obama playbook, why not Chabad? Here’s your daily Chanukah video:
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