How Holidays Of Light Make Hanukkah Brighter

Dec 15, 2014 By Judith Hauptman | Short Video | Hanukkah

Making Space for Light and for Darkness

Dec 15, 2014 By Mychal Springer | Short Video | Hanukkah

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For Millennials and Their Families

Apr 10, 2014 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Shabbat Hagadol | Pesah

I gathered six students from JTS’s undergraduate Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies in my office last week to talk about the ways in which family dynamics add meaning—and tension—to family Passover seders. I wanted to find out how these dynamics play out at the seders of my students, and share their insights with you here—millennials and college students, teens and tweens—in the hope that our discussion about the holiday will enrich yours.

Hanukkah Reignited! 1 Wondering Jew, Lab/Shul, and Friends Light Up JTS

Dec 2, 2014 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video | Hanukkah

A panel discussion with Jewish Daily Forward columnist Abigail Pogrebin and Lab/Shul founder Amichai Lau-Lavie (RS ’16) cohost this panel featuring Bruce Feiler, Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Rabbi David Ingber, Rabbi Jill Hammer, and Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, and a performance with students from JTS’s cantorial school, cantors and song leaders of New York City congregations, and Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary.

The Four Parents

Mar 27, 2015 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Shabbat Hagadol | Pesah

Let’s think for a moment, inspired by one of the seder’s most famous passages, about the four kinds of parents who are found around the seder table: wise, wicked, innocent, and not knowing how to ask.

Finding Meaning in the Festival of Lights

Dec 11, 2012 By Daniel Nevins | Video Lecture | Hanukkah

The days are getting shorter. The sky is getting darker. Many cultures celebrate to light up this dark part of the year. Judaism follows this with Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights. But some have a hard time finding meaning in the traditional stories and rituals of Hanukkah, so Rabbi Daniel Nevins has delivered a Lunch and Learn about how to find meaning in Hanukkah.