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Tag: chanukah
Happy Chanukah from the Frum Satire team
All of the folks who make it happen at Frum Satire want to wish you a happy chanukah. As you know, Chanukah is a time to give thanks to those who make your life better, I hope I’m one of…
Chanukah is about our defeat over the Liberals
Isn’t it interesting that Chanukah is one of the major Jewish holiday’s in the secular Jewish world, yet the holiday itself is the celebration of our defeat of liberalism and assimilation? We can pretty easily compare the Hellenistic Jews to…
Will frummies finally celebrate Thanksgiving this year?
Thanksgiving is one of the few goyishe holidays that is actually a debate in the frum community. Unlike most other goyishe holidays, Thanksgiving is a new world holiday and therefore there is some sort of mesorah to celebrate it. It…
Most Chanukah videos suck!
But I think Bubbele Please is the bees knees.
Will Lipa Schmeltzer be put in cherem for featuring Hot Chanies in his latest video?
I watched the latest chanukah video from Lipa Schmeltzer and I could swear that he’s going to be the next off the derech musician, just like the Matisyahu beard-gate fiasco, Lipa has gone where no “frum” or “heimishe” artist has…
What do you think of public menorahs?
My wife I were out in San Jose last night and there happened to be this Holiday carnival going on last night. We squeezed our way through this invasion of Mexicans to find some decent San Jose territory to walk…
Gay Men’s chorus Chanukah in Santa Monica
Thanks to Elizabeth T. who sent this cute video over.
Chanukah 2011: The Revolt Against “Stop Sign Judaism”
The Jewish year contains a number of rabbinically mandated holidays and two of them, in particular, seem to emphasize two very different reflections on Jewish history: Chanukah focuses on the spiritual preservation of Jewish traditions, while Purim centers on the…
Chanukah Pickup Lines
Despite the fact that I’ve been through two very long cooking marathons in which I made and fried up close to 500 latkes, Chanukah just crept up on me this year. I just can’t get used winter without snow and…
Aish Chanukah video promotes assimilation
Theres been a lot of talk about the newest kiruv indoctrination video from, Aish Hatorah. The pricey video portrays a bunch of yeshivishized BT’s dancing to various theme songs like Born to Be Wild, Staying Alive and Can’t Touch This…
Would you light a menorah in a gay bar?
My friend calls up to tell me that I should have been a fly on the wall during an argument the other day between two fellows about whether or not lighting a menorah in a gay bar was a good…
Delicious Ham for Chanukah
If were cool like the New Yorker I could offer you a framed cover in in order to come up with a good caption, instead I offer you attention from other commenters. Hat Tip – Jewschool
The Chanukah Presence
The current establishment of Chanukah presents really ticks me off and I’ll tell you why.
My favorite Chanukah video
My presence was requested last minute in NY at my brothers sheva brachos, I had no intention on attending the event which all my side of the family is attending, but alas I was convinced by myself to drop down…
NCSY Chanukah Video
It seems like I have been getting an inordinate amount of “post this video” requests as of late. As some of you may have noticed, I may be partially responsible for starting the extremely annoying frum or anti frum xtranormal…
Why do secular and non-observant Jews love chanukah?
That’s an easy one, because you don’t have to do anything! Unlike most of the other holidays, the requirements to celebrate chanukah are something everyone can do, be joyous, light the menorah say some blessings and eat oily foods, easy…
Two Guys One Latke
If you don’t get it, that’s a good thing!
The problem with having your birthday on Chanukah
My Hebrew birthday is tonight and that has always been problematic for me, you see when your brithday falls out on chanukah people forget to give you a gift because they just gave you one. In my case no one…
Woman sues missionary organization that gave her faulty menorah
A woman plans to sue the Jewish missionary movement known as Crushed Hats and Beards, claiming that the free menorah she received from them at a local mall, despite its model having been recalled by the manufacturer, to have caused…
Happy Chanukah
I am addicted to this song and video… hat tip – jewlicious
Chanukah: Dreidel-Spinning Champion of the Universe
I don’t know if you’re aware, but there’s this Festival of Lights thing that’s happening tonight. Jews celebrate it. They light candles or oil and publicize the miracle and clog up their arteries with deep-fried foods. But where, you may…
How do you un-celebrate non-Jewish holidays?
At one time or another some of you converters (not the DC to AC types) have asked me how to un-celebrate non-Jewish holidays and I really have no idea how. After all, I grew up frum and never tried to…
Two guys one latke
If you get it, you get it, if not I am not saying anything.
Christmas Thoughts
If you are offended when people wish you a merry Christmas – I can guaruntee that this post will offend you. You have been warned, enjoy! I went to Wal Mart tonight only to be turned away because it was…