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For some children, finding out that the tooth fairy isn't real is the final straw.

8 Blogs for 8 Nights of Hanukkah Blog #1: Oil and the Secret of the Jew

I am, and have always been, Jewish, but I was raised in a household with a father who was secularly Christian. We “celebrated” Christmas and Easter, but never went to church. We put up a tree but did not speak of Jesus. We colored eggs but did not discuss resurrections.

I have a bunch of blog posts brewing in my head, but felt like I couldn't write anything until I wrote about Newtown. But, what could I say? What can I say?

The history of Hanukkah squeezes us between two competing narratives: one of idealization

One of my dear friends and colleagues, Rabbi Phyllis Sommer, has for several years now challenged us to blog Exodus. She has come up with daily themes.