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Rabbi Linda Holtzman addressed holiday carolers with No Arena in Chinatown Solidarity (NACS) on Christmas Day and the first day/night of Hanukkah in Philly’s Chinatown Wednesday, December 25, 2024.

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Because Judaism uses a modified lunar calendar, rather than the familiar solar calendar, the secular dates of Hanukkah vary from year to year.

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A new guest commentary from Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of Kansas City’s United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. | ...

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Hanukkah is not a holiday to sit all day in synagogue and pray. It’s more of a holiday to eat potato pancakes and jelly doughnuts, listen to comedian Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah song, light candles each ...