Hanukkah

Austin Chabad lights menorah at highway overpass where neo-Nazis hung antisemitic banners

“We will transform these sites to places of light,” said Rabbi Yosef Levertov, director of Chabad Lubavitch Austin.

Stephen Colbert thinks there aren’t enough Hanukkah movies, so he made up some of his own

Some of Colbert’s fake “brand new Hanukkah classics” have the titles “Casino Dreidale,” “Eight Knights of Hanukkah” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rabbi.”

Nissim Black and Kosha Dillz, Jewish hip-hop royalty, remix Adam Sandler’s ‘Chanukah song’ on the streets of New York

From the chorus of “The Hanukkah Song 2.0”: “Aw man, yes, Hanukkah: The flow is so iconikah.”

Culture

From Daveed Diggs to Andy Cohen to HAIM, here’s how celebrities are celebrating Hanukkah in 2021

Fany Gerson at her donut bakery in Brooklyn

New York Nosh

Brooklyn’s Mexican-Jewish chef Fany Gerson makes doughnuts that are out of this world

Food

As more Israelis choose pure olive oil to light the Hanukkah menorah, counterfeiters see an opportunity

United States

Biden White House is planning a last-minute Hanukkah party — in person

Members of Six13 dance in their Chanukah video

New York

This catchy ‘West Side Story’ Hanukkah parody was filmed on location in New York

The Schlep Sisters on stage at the Menorah Horah

New York

Hanukkah 2021: 8 Festival of Lights events that celebrate NYC’s return

Food

We’re basically getting another Thanksgivukkah this year — here are 15 recipes for it

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