Hanukkah

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Actor Larry David returns a club to the cart while playing golf with President Obama at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard on Aug. 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obamas host Hollywood for Hanukkah: Larry David says, ‘I’m going to party’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

FIELDS: Praise the pilgrims and pass the matzo balls

By Suzanne Fields

Second-grader Talia Begres, 7, works on a menurkey, a paper-and-paint mash-up of a menorah and a turkey at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills, Mich., one way for Jews in the U.S. to deal with a quirk of the calendar that overlaps Thanksgiving with the start of Hanukkah. (Associated Press)

Jews have mixed feelings celebrating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah together

By Alex Hopkins - The Washington Times

Gingerbread stamps. (Screen grab of https://store.usps.com/)

USPS ad for ‘holiday stamps’ omits Christmas — includes Kwanzaa, Hanukkah

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rabbi Abraham Shemtov (from right); Jacob Lew, director of the Office of Management and Budget; and Rabbi Levi Shemtov light the National Menorah on the Ellipse in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, to mark Hanukkah. (The Washington Times)

Hanukkah festivities begin with candle lighting

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

Singer Matthew Paul Miller, better known as Matisyahu, has been dubbed “the king of Hasidic Jewish reggae.” He and his Dub Trio perform Thursday in the District. (Associated Press)

Reggae + Hanukkah = Matisyahu

By Samantha Sault - Special to The Washington Times

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Jews use the menorah to help celebrate Hahukkah, which begins at sunset on Dec. 24 this year. **FILE**

Hanukkah here already this year

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