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If you like this newsletter, Forward to a friend. Received this from a friend? Sign up to get it daily in your inbox! Editor's Note: Technical difficulties made us unable to publish many new articles yesterday and this morning. So we decided to give you a gift for the last day of Hanukkah: a reprise of some of our best holiday coverage. Enjoy!

Culture The dinosaur menorah started as a hobby. Here’s how it became the internet’s weirdest Judaica trend. Irene Katz Connelly     Culture ‘Lighting Hanukkah Candles in Death’s Kingdom:’ A story by Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel         Brief items of the News and the Schmooze • Jewish senator says Trump’s immigration policy re-created ‘paper wall’ that kept Jews out of US in 1930s • WATCH: “My vote is for Latkoos,’ Anthony Fauci weighs in on latke-hamantashen debate at a Maryland synagogue. • Trump names Rudy Giuliani’s son and 2 other aides to Holocaust Museum Council • EU court upholds Belgian bans on ritual slaughter, dealing major blow to Jewish, Muslim advocates     Culture Why are there so many Christmas trees in Hallmark’s Hanukkah movies? Irene Katz Connelly     Life Hanukkah, like Judaism, is about bucking tradition Mira Fox       Culture How a search for Jewish inclusion helped create ‘Puppy for Hanukkah’ PJ Grisar     Opinion Hanukkah celebrates our triumph over genocide. Uighurs are undergoing one right now. Avi Ackermann and David Friedman     News What to do about Hanukkah 2020? Count your miracles Jodi Rudoren

 

Why that bowl of chicken soup could be deadly — and not just for the chicken     A liberal Jewish group just de-platformed a Muslim leader. That’s not OK.     WATCH: Gal Gadot tries eggnog; Jimmy Fallon gags at gefilte fish     Opinion | The ADL is trying to have it both ways when it comes to Muslims

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