Word: hanukkah
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Snow flurries fell yesterday as former University President Lawrence H. Summers and Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel raised a candle together to light a menorah on the first day of Hanukkah. About 35 students gathered in front of Widener Library at the ceremony organized by the Chabad House at Harvard, waiting as wind threatened to blow out the candles...
...think it’s definitely good to use a more traditionally neutral name,” said Zeba A. Syed ‘09, chair of the Harvard College Interfaith Council (HCIC). “If they called it a Christmas or a Hanukkah celebration, some religions might not feel as comfortable attending...
Though both Santa Claus and latkes make an appearance at this month’s events, the words Christmas and Hanukkah are notably absent from the Sparklefest itinerary...
...fatalist's folk tune "Dead, Dead, Dead" ("And so on Christmas morning / Let good tidings fill your head / What a festive season! / Some day you'll be dead"). Eric Cartman warbles a soulful misdirection of "O Holy Night" ("Jesus was born and so I get presents"). Not to ignore Hanukkah, Parker and Shaiman expand the tune "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" into a five-part round for Kyle, his parents, Stan and Cartman; and Kyle plaints "The Lonely Jew on Christmas" with the help of someone who sounds like Neil Diamond. (It's Parker again; he's everywhere.) For the prissiest...
...manger in the modern West Bank on Dec. 25 some 2,000 years ago seems like a fairly practical business decision. (Gentiles, be warned: any stories that your Jewish classmates might have told you in school about eight days of gifts and midnight visits from someone named Harry Hanukkah are strictly fictitious. Jews mostly eat fried potatoes, fried dough, and chocolate during Hanukkah, just like every other American...