Pet-lover Pajamas for Chrismukkah! The Hanukkah Cat and Hanukkah Dog cotton pajama sets from PJ Salvage are as cozy as they are cute. And with the start of Hanukkah (or Chanukah) beginning on Christmas Eve, it’s time to get that shopping wrapped up -literally and figuratively. Read more
Lisa Pierce of Maine’s The Vanilla Studio has taken the centuries old tradition of the Chanukah Menorah and added a touch of even OLDER history to the candelabra by creating them from Jurassic Era creatures. Read more
Hannah Rothstein, the creative talent behind the Artist’s Thanksgiving Meals, has given us a giggle this Hanukkah with her laser etched wooden dreidel featuring record producer and rapper Andre Romelle Young, aka Dr. Dre. Read more
It’s been parodied endlessly, but this time Taylor Swift’s hit song gets a ‘dreidel’ spin. The all male Jewish a cappella group Six13 does their own nerdy but cute version of the hit song for Chanukah. Read more
Originally I was going to title this post “Mensch On A Bench Gives The Elf On A Shelf Some Competition.” but given the relatively small amount of Jews and the growing number of mixed marriages, ‘company’ was a more appropriate term for the new holiday combination book and toy. Read more
Seven years ago, I began compiling an annual list of beautifully designed and unusual modern menorahs for those who wanted to participate in the tradition of the nightly lighting of the candles in observance of Hanukkah (or Chanukah) without an old style or traditional Hanukkia or Menorah. Read more
Although I won’t be adding it to my carefully curated list of modern menorahs, the Menurkey is something us Jews celebrating Hanukkah this year ought to at least know of. Read more
