
Hanukkah Marks the Complexities of Assimilation and Syncretism Faced by American Jews
Hanukkah isn’t for everyone. This has been true since its beginnings, as it celebrates victory…
Read MoreHanukkah isn’t for everyone. This has been true since its beginnings, as it celebrates victory…
Read MoreThanksgivukkah is a way of being out, loud, and proud—We’re here! We’re Jewish! We eat turkey AND latkes!—but can Jews ever compete with the juggernaut of Christmas?
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Read MoreThere was a time when it seemed like progress for Catholics and Jews to be folded into Protestant America and frequently referred to as a single entity. For most, that time has passed.
Read MoreCome donkey, it’s time to pray.
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Read MoreRD would never have built a KKK snowman. Not ever.
Read MoreA goyish writer wrestles with the anti-imperial themes of Hanukkah and the discomfiting questions it raises for citizens of the American empire. Might an empire be a force for good? Is “force for good” an oxymoron? And finally: how does a Roman manage, in practical terms, to say no to Rome?
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