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What is Chanukah, and How Do You Spell it? This Week in Jewish History
December 12, 2014
What, exactly is Chanukah (or is it Hanukah, or Hannukkah)? This short video describes the historical origins of the holiday, notes the ironic nature of its observance in the American context, and has a couple of jokes besides. Part of the This Week in Jewish History series.
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