Today, your highly personal, hyperspecific best-ofs of 2024.
Tag: Hanukkah
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Rabbi Shmuel Butman, 81, a Brooklyn Voice of Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Is Dead
He was the public face of the Chabad-Lubavitch sect during the Crown Heights riots in 1991 and for decades lit its giant menorah in Manhattan every Hanukkah.
In Israel, Hanukkah Begins in the Shadow of Two Months of War
The holiday held a new meaning for many Israelis in the wake of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks, including relatives of people still held hostage in Gaza and reservists called up to fight against Hamas.
After 90 Years, a Menorah That Symbolized Defiance Is Rekindled in Germany
A 1931 photograph of a menorah on a windowsill also showed a Nazi flag in the street outside. This Hanukkah the menorah returned to Germany.