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The ice menorah cometh

You don’t have to visit Alaska on Hanukkah to see an ice menorah.

Seeking Kin: From scrawls behind a photo, a family tree grows

Masha Fridman Poplinger, an Israeli, never knew she had long-lost cousins in America — until she happened upon a photo from 1959 and the mundane scribble on its back.

Obama’s Thanksgivukkah greeting and the Israeli Hanukkah debate

The White House wished Jews a happy Thanksgivukkah. It also — inadvertently — took a side in an old Israeli debate.

Obama uses term ‘Thanksgivukkah’ in annual Hanukkah message

Chabad erects 15,000 public menorahs for Hanukkah

Clash of two Hanukkahs: Jewish exceptionalism vs. assimilation

Israeli Chief Rabbinate issues restrictions on mikvah attendants

Early Hanukkah: Freshman nets free tuition with half-court heave

Second rabbinical court orders mother to circumcise son

New books: marvelous menorahs, purple gorillas and back to ’64 Berkeley

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