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Hanukkah

Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

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Food
8 Whiskies For 8 Nights

Enough with the oil. Cut the grease of the festival of “lets-celebrate-religious zealotry-by-inducing-heart-disease.” Its time to talk about eight nights of truly miraculous golden liquids — ones that are indeed flammable, but ones that would only confirm your insanity were you to put a match to them. Give the kids their toys and retire to…

By Dan Friedman Dec 3, 2015 | 5 min read
The Schmooze
Get High-nukkah Started With This Pot Latke Song

Should we just call it High-nukkah? MC Flow has broken into this year’s witty Hanukkah songs field with her new video “Pot in the Latkes.” She’s a white woman who happens to rap, and given that her song is a paean to the ability of bubbe’s potato pancakes to get the party started, she’s clearly…

By Talya Zax Dec 3, 2015 | < 1 min read
Recipes
The Best Jewish Cookbooks of 2015

Cookbooks make fantastic Hanukkah presents for the die-hard foodies, armchair chefs and aspiring gourmets in your life. To help you navigate the unusually crowded field of Jewish cookbooks that came out in 2015, we offer this roundup of our favorites. (For lack of a better organizational system, the list goes in chronological order of when…

By Alix Wall Dec 3, 2015 | 5 min read
The Schmooze
Hanukkah, As Explained by Pop Culture GIFS

Want to know the story of Hanukkah? Only got, like maybe half a minute? You’re in luck. We’ve created an animated GIF that explains the whole thing, with a little help from Jon Stewart, “New Girl” and many other (Jewish) pop icons. View post on imgur.com Happy Hanukkah!

By Lior Zaltzman Dec 2, 2015 | < 1 min read
The Schmooze
Six13 Parody ‘Whip/Nae Nae’ and ‘Hotline Bling’ for Hanukkah

Has Hanukkah started early? Yesterday we wrote about and today we have the pleasure of bringing you yet another Hanukkah-themed cover of a song – well, actually, two. A capella groups of the world, the Forward now challenges you to bring us covers in this style for the next six days, so we can have…

By Talya Zax Dec 2, 2015 | < 1 min read
Food
Brisket’s Mini Modern Side

As the author of “The Brisket Book: A Love Story With Recipes,” I was anointed “The Brisket Queen” on Twitter by Julia Moskin of The New York Times. A passionate brisket cook, eater and chronicler, and a keen observer of the brisket zeitgeist, I need no crystal ball to predict brisket’s future: Brisket is going…

By Stephanie Pierson Dec 2, 2015 | 2 min read
Recipes
Brisket Tacos

Slows Bar B Q’s chef and pitmaster, Brian Perrone, recommends barbecued brisket over braised for this recipe, but says that “braised will work, too. I just wouldn’t go with a brisket braised in red wine.” Beer-braised brisket worked well when the Forward tested these tacos. We also decided to make a miniature version, perfect for…

By Brian Perrone Dec 2, 2015 | < 1 min read
Recipes
Deviled Eggs With Brisket and Pickles

This is a great trick when you have some leftover brisket. If you have a little sauce or pan juice from the brisket, add it to the meat; then warm in the microwave before you top the eggs. They will be even tastier. Related Brisket Sliders With Slaw Brisket Tacos Brisket Tots Fried Brisket Kreplach…

By The Canal House Dec 2, 2015 | < 1 min read

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