Chanukah

Chanukah Crafts and Gifts
Easy Hanukkah Crafts - Decorations, Cards, Gifts for Children
Enjoy these easy Chanukah (Hanukkah) crafts, decorations, cards and gifts for children to make for the Festival of the Lights. Our family isn't Jewish, but my children enjoyed learning about the Festival of Lights, playing the dreidel game and making crafts and foods for the Chanukah holiday. Making homemade Chanukah holiday crafts and gifts helps children explore fun activities that teach them about Jewish culture and traditions. Chanukah celebrations include traditional foods and activiti...

Chanukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah: Gifts and Cards
Dreidels, Latkes, Candles: Ready for Chanukah?
Chanukah (Hanukah, Hanukkah) 2011 is fast approaching. Time to get out the decorations, counting the candles (44 is the number you need for the full 8 days). Maybe get a head start frying up some latkes. Not that I make latkes. I the non-cook in our family. I just invite my sisters over and they bring the food. Still, not cooking makes you resourceful, so I've tucked my emergency latke tip into the body of this lens. The 2011 holiday will start on December 20. Candle lighting is at sundown ...

Chanukah decorations
Get ready for the Festival of Lights with some beautiful Chanukah decorations.
Chanukah decorations may not be as plentiful as Christmas decorations (in fact, they can be downright invisible in brick-and-morter stores) but we Jews just have to try harder - maybe that's why we're the "chosen people". Please don't flame me, that was a joke. Anyway, I scoured Amazon.com and have found some of the nicest Chanukah decorations around. So, read along fellow Jewish folks and come see what I've come up with to decorate your house for the Festival of lights.