Tag: American Jews
Hanukkah celebrations have changed dramatically − but the same is true...
Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder
Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. Articles and op-eds in newspapers remind readers...
Israel is getting a surge in donations from the US in...
Hanna Shaul Bar Nissim, Indiana University
The U.S. government has stepped up its focus on Israel following the Oct....
‘Untraditional’ Hanukkah celebrations are often full of traditions for Jews of color
Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder
Hanukkah, the Jewish “festival of lights,” commemorates a story of a miracle, when...
To tree, or not to tree? How Jewish-Christian families navigate the...
Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder
Traditionally, for Christian-Jewish families – or at least in writing about them –...
How New York’s 19th-century Jews turned Purim into an American party
Zev Eleff, Touro College
Purim, which falls this year on Feb. 26, ranks among Judaism’s most joyous holidays.
What Hanukkah’s portrayal in pop culture means to American Jews
Ted Merwin, Dickinson College
When I was growing up in suburban New York, Hanukkah was not grounded in religious observance. Having no clue that there...
Why are some Americans changing their names?
Kirsten Fermaglich, Michigan State University
In 2008, Newsweek published an article on then-presidential candidate Barack Obama titled “From Barry to Barack.”
The story explained how Obama’s...
How one early 20th-century performer defanged her fat-shamers
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
It’s all-too-common for women – especially those in the public spotlight – to be criticized for their weight....
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The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
