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There is a very real parallel between the Hannukah miracle of ancient times and the situation Israel finds itself in today.

There is a very real parallel between the Hannukah miracle of ancient times and the situation Israel finds itself in today.

From the blog of Maury Kelman at The Times of Israel

was very important to me in sixth grade. Even in my fairly Jewish Boston suburb, Christmas culture was not just dominant but default. So when Sandler, our most visible Jewish comedy hero, gave us a holiday movie with a Hanukkah hook, me and my friends lost our minds. I’ll always remember when my Hebrew school class grilled a film critic who belonged to our synagogue about whether he liked Eight Crazy Nights, and we all yelled at him when he told us he hated it. We didn’t care about the dismal reviews. We were just excited to see Hanukkah on the big screen, which made it feel like we were...

CANFIELD — While Hanukkah usually brings congregations and families together, this year has become more challenging with the coronavirus pandemic. Temple El Emeth in Liberty, which would have had its members gathering at the temple for the lighting of the menorah nightly for the next week, has gone online this holiday season. On Thursday’s first night of celebration — via Zoom — Eliana and Zachary Schonberger and their daughter, Marleigh, 6, of Boardman, lit the menorah at Rabbi Joseph Schonberger’s home in Canfield. “It is a honor to be selected as the family to light the menorah...