Happy Hanukkah! The Jewish festival of lights starts this Saturday and runs for eight delicious, fried-food-filled days. If you're not celebrating this holiday, now's the time to start hinting about how much you love latkes to all yourHappy Hanukkah! The Jewish festival of lights starts this Saturday and runs for eight delicious, fried-food-filled days. If you're not celebrating this holiday, now's the time to start hinting about how much you love latkes to all yourJERUSALEM — Jews around the world ushered in the eight-day Hanukkah festival Saturday evening, lighting the first candles of ceremonial lamps that symbolize triumph over oppression. In Israel, families gathered afterAlso known as the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the re-dedication of the Holy Temple at the end of the Maccabean Revolt, when Jews reclaimed Jerusalem from the Syrians. In fact, the name "Hanukkah" is“For me the meaning of Hanukkah is light at the darkest time of the year,” said Rabbi David Kaufman, the religious leader of Des Moines' reform congregation, B'nai Jeshurun. The synagogue has been celebrating Hanukkah all month with a candle-lighting
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