At sundown on December 16, Jews all over the world lit the first candle on their menorahs and began this year’s Hanukkah celebration. The holiday, sometimes referred to the Festival of Lights, commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid Greeks, one of the first recorded fights for religious […]
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Wednesdays without Will: The Hip Side of Hanukkah
The holiday season truly is the most wonderful time of the year. We’re surrounded by fresh snow, colorful lights, and, of course, radio stations that play Christmas music 24/7. Chicagoans like myself tune into 93.9 My FM for the best holiday jams while we sit in holiday traffic. I’d like to take a moment to […]
Wednesdays without Will: Thanksgivukkah
My fellow Americans, tomorrow we embark on one of our nation’s most coveted holidays: Thanksgiving. In addition to turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pies, Jewish-Americans will have to make room on their tables for latkes, challah and, of course, Menorahs. That’s right, this year the holidays have aligned and, like the Power Rangers coming together to form […]
Oh Hanukkah
Shalom! Although I’m not Jewish, I’ve experienced my fair share of Hanukkah celebrations—largely due to my Jewish best friends, but also because in the neighborhood I grew up, Jewish people were the majority—those weird people with the tree and the lights hanging up, well, we were the minority. I remember hearing my friends talk about […]