by Rabbi Pinchas Landis
by Rabbi Akiva Males
The devastation was immense. What could we really do to help?
by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
The Schnitzer family had no idea that their children’s Hanukkah pictures would spark an anti-Semitic attack and galvanize a whole community.
by Alan Magill and Miriam Greenwald
In the midst of the office Christmas party, I shocked myself by asking, “Are we doing anything for Hanukkah?”
by Eric Brand
How my father’s journey from Santa Claus to a gift-lugging dog in a drainpipe led me to Judaism, sort of.
by Larry Domnitch
Another instance in Jewish history when a woman saves the day.
by Debbie Gutfreund
For the first time in my life, I was the only Jew in the group.
Growing up in Iowa, I was the only Jewish child in the auditorium during the Christmas recital.
by Kaila Lasky
A small Chanukah miracle for a lonely Jewish soldier in Iraq.
by Natan Sharansky
When the enemy answered "amen."
by Mimi Meyers
I was the only Jewish child in the auditorium, and sometimes felt I was the only Jewish girl in the entire world.
by Chana (Jenny) Weisberg
In one moment of silence, my Jewish identity was born.
by Sarah Shapiro
My parents succeeded in creating a wonderful Christmas - yet inside me something was amiss.
by Batsheva Hirschman Frankel
At a Grateful Dead concert one Chanukah, I felt like the only Jew in the world. Then an amazing thing happened.
by Ross Hirschmann
How Chanukah kept me Jewish when all else failed.
by Miriam Katz
Amidst the pre-Xmas frenzy, a group of idealistic college students unexpectedly discover Chanukah's quiet illumination.
by Dr. Jackie Yaris
Chanukah's tiny lights brazenly face the night's bitter challenge, transforming fear into a soft caress of hope.
by Chava Dumas a"h
As a Jew, I was always a little different. That would become my greatest asset.
by Elan S. Carr
An American Jewish soldier of Iraqi descent lights the Menorah in Saddam Hussein's palace.
by Shimon Apisdorf
God shines Chanukah light into the seemingly darkest place.
by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller
My parents had no clue why they lit the electric menorah on Chanukah.
by Ted Roberts
In my time, Chanukah gifts meant only a dime. It also meant potato latkes and a visit to grandma.
Each of us has a dark spot concealed from ourselves due to overwhelming pain and shame. How do we turn on the lights?
Who could do the kazatzky like Mendel? No one, including the Cossacks who guarded the Czar himself.
by Ruchama Feuerman
How can our homemade menorahs compete with all the dazzling lights of Christmas?
by Yaffa Ganz
Dr. Mitzvah delivers some light.
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