What Hanukkah's portrayal in pop culture means to American Jews
- Written by Ted Merwin, Part-Time Associate Professor of Religion, Dickinson College
Hanukkah demands fewer religious rituals than most other Jewish observances.Golden Pixels LLC
When I was growing up in suburban New York, Hanukkah was not grounded in religious observance. Having no clue that there are traditional Hebrew blessings that accompany the kindling of the Hanukkah candles, we invented our own wishes, awkwardly voiced out...
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