This Hanukkah 2023 ritual acknowledges the incompleteness of joy while captives are being held.
Celebrating the intersections of Black and Jewish culture, creativity and resilience
I have come to value this holiday, precisely because of all the assimilationist pressures we face at this time of year.
Ladino version of the traditional Hallel sung on the seventh night of Hanukkah
"Blessed is the light of hope, the light that leads us to a vision of a better world"
"As the candles descend / we are reminded / that nothing is /permanent / other than the Love of Hashem..."
As the light increases, we declare: We will rise. In the face of ruin, amid the rubble, we will rise together.
A short version of the story of the Book of Judith, and ideas for incorporating Judith and other women into the celebration of Hanukkah