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by Rabbi Henry Harris
The Hanukkah menorah reminds us that small miracles still happen.
by Gita Steinberg
No one saw my pitiful menorah. Little did I know how that small flame would grow into a huge light.
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 Slovie Jungreis-Wolff
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 Kolrom Animation Studios
Sometimes miracles happen in the darkest places.
by Sarah Shapiro
My parents succeeded in creating a wonderful Christmas - yet inside me something was amiss.
by Ross Hirschmann
How Chanukah kept me Jewish when all else failed.
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 Larry Domnitch
Another instance in Jewish history when a woman saves the day.
by Sara Debbie Gutfreund
For the first time in my life, I was the only Jew in the group.
by Yael Zoldan M.A.
Chanukah reminds us that we are not the same as everyone else.
by Rabbi Ephraim Nisenbaum
On Hanukkah we recognize the miracle of nature.
by Libi Astaire
The rabbi was desperately looking for a small light in the sea of dark despair.
by Carola Schiff
Spreading the light in Nazi-occupied France.
by Rabbi Yonason Goldson
A child who sees no difference between the flames of the menorah and the twinkling lights of the tree.
by Leah Gebber
Cancer I could laugh at. It was remission that was so difficult.
by Kaila Lasky
A small Chanukah miracle for a lonely Jewish soldier in Iraq.
by Natan Sharansky
When the enemy answered "amen."
by Carol Tice
Our Chanukah candles shone extra-bright last year. That's because they were the only lights in our house.
by Miriam Meir
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 Miriam Katz
Amidst the pre-Xmas frenzy, a group of idealistic college students unexpectedly discover Chanukah's quiet illumination.
by Brian Silvey
In the midst of a fraternity party, my Jewish spark was unexpectedly ignited.
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
As a Jew, I was always a little different. That would become my greatest asset.
by S. B. Unsdorfer
We had been helped by God, even in this forsaken little camp at Nieder-Orschel.
by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller
My parents had no clue why they lit the electric menorah on Chanukah.
by Ted Roberts
Who could do the kazatzky like Mendel? No one, including the Cossacks who guarded the Czar himself.
by Elan S. Carr
An American Jewish soldier of Iraqi descent lights the Menorah in Saddam Hussein's palace.
In my time, Chanukah gifts meant only a dime. It also meant potato latkes and a visit to grandma.
by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf
God shines Chanukah light into the seemingly darkest place.
Each of us has a dark spot concealed from ourselves due to overwhelming pain and shame. How do we turn on the lights?
by David C. Gross
With the help of God, the Jewish people will outlive their cruel foes and emerge triumphant in the end.
As in the Time of the Maccabees, a great miracle happened.
by Aish.com Staff
Elijah's light still shines.
by I.I. Cohen
A concentration camp survivor recalls the ingenuity behind a memorable Chanukah observance.
by Ruchama King Feuerman
How can our homemade menorahs compete with all the dazzling lights of Christmas?
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