Hanukkah

• On Saturday, I headed to Whole Foods in Foggy Bottom, where buying more than a dozen items may very well bankrupt my family. But that sketchy Safeway under the Watergate is closed so, you know, desperate times.
(Washington Post)
• It seemed like a good idea at the time, it really did. Nine years ago, when my oldest son was about 18 months old, my mother gave us a menorah shaped like a train, and I bought candles, and insisted to my husband that we light them.
(New York Times Blogs)
• Even though listed officially as a "minor" Jewish holiday, Hanukkah has turned into the most celebrated Jewish holiday in the U.S. There's nothing minor about Hanukkah anymore. Rabbi Kerry M.
(Time)
• Here are our picks for five stories you should read today: TSA finds throwing daggers hidden in a book at Reagan National Airport. Officers found the half-foot long daggers in the passenger's carry-on bag.
(Washington Post)
• It might seem that getting eight nights worth of presents is the best thing about Hanukkah, but it isn't. The doughnuts are. Here in the U.S.
(recipes for sufganiyot, macaroons and wine pairings - LehighValleyLive.com)
• It began last night at sunset: Hanukkah.
(Time)
• Comedian Jackie Mason blasted President Obamas recent Hanukkah event as a condescending outreach effort to Jewish voters, at one point even suggesting the president couldnt tell a Muslim from a Jew.
(NewsMax.com)
• As Hanukkah began at sundown Tuesday, Congregation Kol Ami in West Elmira prepared to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights for the first time as a united faith community.
(Press & Sun-Bulletin)
• MAMARONECK — Call it fire on ice.
(Democrat and Chronicle)
• Local politicians marked the first night of the eight-day Jewish holiday by lighting candles at the State House last night. Gov. Deval Patrick, House Speaker Robert A.
(Boston Herald)