Tag: Hanukkah
How cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger became the scents of winter holidays,...
Serina DeSalvio, Texas A&M University
Regardless of how you celebrate end-of-year holidays, food is probably central to your winter...
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...
‘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 –...
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...
What Kwanzaa means for black Americans
Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University
On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies with...
EXPLORING NATURE
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...
