Hanukkah "how-to's," no fear of frying recipes, and advice for your Christian friends: Hanukkah 2009 link roundup
A child lighting candles.
Photo by CrazyUncleJoe.
Are you behind on your Hanukkah reading? Take a look at these hot Hanukkah links.
- Hanukkah: A Guide for the Perplexed [Tablet]
- Gelt without guilt: eight ways to give back this Hanukkah. [Oy!Chicago]
- Nancy Goodman's tale of Hanukkah in the Diaspora. [Lilith Blog]
- My Jewish Learning's the Adventures of Todd and God show you how to light the menorah. [MyJewishLearning]
- G-dCast, an animated re-telling of the Torah, tells the Hanukkah story. [Women's Lens]
- David Brooks discusses the not-so-happy parts of the Hanukkah story. [NYTimes]
- More "how-to Hanukkah" videos. (I didn't realize there was so much confusion!) [My Urban Kvetch]
- Don't fear the fryer. Recipes for tasty fried treats for Hanukkah. [Oy!Chicago]
- More Hanukkah recipes. [TCJewfolk]
- Mark Stauber and Raffi Holzer and the miracle of the wind-powered menorah [MyJewishLearning]
- Marjorie Ingall draws out the real costs of Hanukkah this year. [Tablet]
- Is the miracle of the oil really such a miracle? [Yo Yenta]
- Will you be making latkes, or jelly donuts? [MyJewishLearning]
- A thoughtful piece on Hanukkah songs, and why they are never as good as Christmas carols. [New Voices]
- Advice for Christians: how to NOT insult your Jewish friends during the holiday season. [The New Yorker]
Other interesting links not related to Hanukkah:
- Appropriations bill ends abstinence-only funding. Now it just needs Obama's signature to become law. [RH Reality Check]
- Legal protection for trangender employees in New York? [Gothamist]
- D.C. Council approves same-sex marriage bill. [Washington Post]
- "Red hot mamma" Sophie Tucker is competing against Johnny Depp for a Grammy? What? [Marketwire]
- A blogger named James Chartrand revealed that she was actually a woman using a male pen name because (surprise!) she made more money as a man than a woman! [Feministe] [Jezebel]
- Renee Ghert-Zand, a self-described "purger," discusses the possessions that have held meaning for her and connected her to a Jewish identity. [Truth, Praise & Help]
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