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Hanukkah celebrations have changed dramatically − but the same is true of Christmas

  • Written by Samira Mehta, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
Hanukkah celebrations have changed dramatically − but the same is true of ChristmasCandles on a large Hanukkah menorah shine in front of a Christmas tree at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, in 2015.Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images

Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. Articles and op-edsin newspapers remind readers of that fact every year, lamenting that the Jewish Festival of Lights has almost become an...

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