Christmas

Clash of two Hanukkahs: Jewish exceptionalism vs. assimilation

Two holidays with very different meanings are colliding this holiday season — not Hanukkah and Thanksgiving, but Hanukkah and Hanukkah. A Georgia rabbi explains.

By Michael Bernstein November 26, 2013 4:08 pm

Lena Dunham talks Christmas traditions

This just in: Lena Dunham, the wunderkind whom certain Jewish entertainment blogs love to claim as their own, totally celebrates Christmas. In an email made public in the latest installment of Miranda July’s “We Think Alone” project, the Jewish star and creator of “Girls” writes about her (Jewish) boyfriend Jack Antonoff whom she feels “unbelievably […]

November 4, 2013 12:23 pm

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Clash of two Hanukkahs: Jewish exceptionalism vs. assimilation

Lena Dunham talks Christmas traditions

Haifa University to give off for Christian, Arab holidays

In Christmas message, Netanyahu pledges to protect Christian sites

Israel to ease restrictions on Palestinians during holiday period

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Bar Refaeli wears Santa costume, upsets some Jewish tweeps

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