Hanukkah

Hanukkah Face-Off: We Have a Winner!

Hanukkah is nearing an end and it's time that I grudgingly admit defeat to my Sephardic challenger. Though they fought to win, matzo ball soup, blintzes, and brisket just didn't have the same plucky spirit of tender Sephardic lamb kebabs and spicy shakshouka. Congratulations to Robert and the glorio ... More >>

Hanukkah Face-Off: Ashkenazi Dish #5

Hanukkah is a time for enjoying Jewish culinary traditions with family and friends, and to that end we present a daily competition between Ashkenazi and Sephardic food, going up around sunset on the first seven days of Hanukkah - and presenting a wrap-up as the sun goes down on the eighth day. Whose ... More >>

What's Happening: Latke Festival and Cheese Ball

Monday, December 10 Fourth Annual Latke Festival Celebrate Hanukkah at BAM with 17 restaurants including Fatty 'Cue and Veselka, as they fry up some of the best latkes in the city. Tickets are $55 and include drinks. 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn

Q&A: Big Day Coming Author Jesse Jarnow Gets Personal With Yo La Tengo

WFMU DJ, music journalist and frequent Voice contributor Jesse Jarnow has just released Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock (Gotham), a voluminous tome that dissects Hoboken's finest Amerindie pioneers' journey from their childhood beginnings all the way to their current place as ... More >>

'Escort Quality, Hooker Pricing' Billboard Is Not OK, Says Scott Stringer

If an offensive advertisement fails, and you apologize for the offensiveness of the ad, what's the next logical step for the ad company? For Wodka Vodka, the answer apparently is to try and offend someone else. IN VERY LARGE LETTERS. The thinking behind the madness: If making fun of Jews doesn't w ... More >>

Handy Guide to FiTR Xmas Coverage, Including Last-Minute Gift Suggestions

​This year, Fork in the Road pulled out all the stops in our Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa coverage, given you hints on where to shop, what gifts to buy, and examining holiday rituals from a cynical point of view. Here is a guide to our coverage, in case you haven't had enough of the holidays al ... More >>

Our Top 10 Food Moments in the Bible

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dainec/2536695/A holy house.​Hey, you: Stop the bong hits and hit the pause button on your bootleg A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas instead -- it's time for a real history lesson about two super present-filled important holidays: Hanukkah and Christmas. No mat ... More >>

Pig in a Box, Gift Suggestion #15

Lauren BloombergHam: The gift that keeps on giving.​We've practically force fed you gift ideas this year (including this and this) but if you haven't gotten off the couch you're pretty much S.O.L. Unless, that is, the one you love would rather get a hunk of expensive meat than a chunk of pricey je ... More >>

Jackie Hoffman's A Chanukah Carol Is Jewbilant

The message came from Broadway scene-stealer Jackie Hoffman's publicist: "This Funny Girl is happening -- and unlike Lauren Ambrose, she's Jewish!" And she was even doing a Jewish twist on Patrick Stewart's A Christmas Carol, playing all the parts, at New World Stages. Oy vey, I was so there.

Biology-Themed Teapot at David's Tea, Gift Suggestion #7

​Package includes teapot, infuser, and two mugs. It's a tea party in a box. Sold at Canadian chain David's Tea, which recently opened a branch on Bleecker Street, the Bubble brand teapot also comes with a tea infuser that fits in the top of the pot, and two teacups.

Jackie Hoffman's A Chanukah Charol

Mile End Saves Your Sufganiyot Day

Quentin BaconBoerum Hill gets a jelly belly.​ While potato latkes--pancakes--are the most popular of the finger licking foods consumed during Chanukah, sufganiyot should be the jewel of the party. The jelly-stuffed donuts are uber-popular in Israel, but haven't reached their full potential on ... More >>

10 Ugly Cookies, in Celebration of National Cookie Week

chelsandtony.com1. Use this pair of cookies as inspiration for your Xmas baking -- why not make some as gifts for your friends?​ Did you know it was National Cookie Week? Did you care? Well, we did, so FiTR assembled this portfolio of the ugliest cookies we could find. Take a bite. Enjoy!

This Week In The Voice: A Call For More Nostalgia, Widowspeak Rising, And Yo La Tengo Prep For Halloween

Liz Clayton/slowshutter.orgYo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan.​In this week's Village Voice, out now: I look back at MTV's latest dip into the seemingly bottomless pool of nostalgia, Michael Tedder coaxes out the story of Brooklyn balladeers Widowspeak, and Jesse Jarnow previews Yo La Tengo's Hanukkah s ... More >>

Wodka Vodka Pulls 'Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing' Billboard

Remember the Wodka Vodka billboard from yesterday? The billboard on the West Side Highway read "Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing" and shows a Chihuahua in a Santa hat next to an Afghan hound in a yarmulke. The billboard stirred up quite a bit of controversy and accusations of anti-Semitism after ... More >>

Yo La Tengo

Q&A: Yeasayer's Chris Keating On USB-Stick Mixes, Bonding Over Weezer, And Why He Loves 'YMCA'

​ The past two years have been good to Brooklyn-based band Yeasayer. While they released their second album Odd Blood a little over a year ago, "Ambling Alp" and "O.N.E." shot them to stardom in the blogosphere and mainstream music circles in the fall of 2009. Their popularity was, in large pa ... More >>

Santacon 2010 Starts Tomorrow Morning: Be There, Be Merry, Be Wasted

via Newyorkology​Santacon, everyone's favorite Holiday-themed bar crawl, takes place tomorrow in Manhattan. Participants dress up like Santa, the elves, all of the Christmas pals, and sometimes even...Hanukkah stuff. The starting location for this year hasn't been announced yet, but you can ke ... More >>

Live: The National Open, But Yo La Tengo Dominate During Their Final Hanukkah Night At Maxwell's

Georgia, Ira, and the Clean's Hamish Kilgour, leading a drummer summit. Pics by Liz Clayton, more below.​Yo La Tengo/The National Maxwell's Wednesday, December 8 Better than: The other seven nights, kinda. Nels Cline sitting in Tuesday was pretty sweet. Ditto Jeff Tweedy a few nights earl ... More >>

Charles Rangel to Receive Punishment Today; Mike Bloomberg Lights World's Largest Menorah to Kick Off Hanukkah

​• Rep. Charles Rangel will finally get his punishment: The House is expected to vote on his censure for 11 ethics violations today. Although the octogenarian Congressman has been lobbying for a reprimand instead of the harsher censure, it seems unlikely that that will happen. [NBC NY]

Yo La Tengo

The Time to Deck the Halls is Upon Us as Holiday Markets Return

urbandspacenyc/flickrIt's a blur market.​It's about to begin looking a lot like Christmas and Hanukkah up in this piece. The annual holiday markets at Union Square and Columbus Circle are set to return this Friday, November 19 and December 1, respective, and both will stay open through Decembe ... More >>

Yo La Tengo and Screaming Females Are Playing a Free Show Together Next Week at Brooklyn Bowl

​If it worked for M.I.A., why not YLT? The beloved New Jersey outfit will kick off CMJ next week in the best possible way, playing a free show on Tuesday at Brooklyn Bowl opened by none other than SOTC favorites Screaming Females. Doors at 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m., which is slightly more mercifu ... More >>

Jeremy Cowan of Shmaltz Brewing Company Talks Geektoberfest, Jewish Celebration & How Sour is the New Bitter

Jeremy Cowan​Jeremy Cowan started Shmaltz Brewing Company back in 1996 out of his San Francisco apartment. Now, the beer is brewed in upstate New York and includes the line of HE'BREW craft kosher beers and Coney Island Craft Lagers. Cowan is busy this week as NYC Craft Beer Week is in full sw ... More >>

Send a Holiday Card, Help City Harvest

​It feels far to early to talk about the holidays, but for you organized people who have your shopping done and cards sent before Thanksgiving, a new collaboration between Paperless Post and City Harvest may be of interest.

Empire State Building Won't Light Up for Mother Teresa, then Lies, Which Mother Teresa Really Would Have Hated (But Forgiven)

​The Empire State Building is privately owned, and as such, they can do whatever the hell they want -- lighting themselves in pink and red for Valentine's Day, or honoring the Simpsons, or whatever. So, when they said no to lights honoring Mother Teresa's upcoming 100th birthday on August 26, ... More >>

Roy Loney & Cyril Jordan

GAY SHTUPPING

Dan Fishback's hot Chanukah play

SPIN DOCTORS

'Show me the gelt' is this league's motto

SHALOM, Y'ALL

Archiving American Jewish pop live

Holiday Jitters

Isaac Mizrahi's cabaret show will be fine as long as you don't come

Horoscope

Urban Buttgirl Meets Rural Right

And the holidays won't be the same

Rockie Weekly Horoscope December 15-21

Living the Chai Life

Hanukkah Musical Time Line '05

Get Down, Moses

Upstart local Jewish musicians weave a coat of many colors

Basket Case

Foodie gifts: cheap and thoughtful

Music

Bobo's In Paradise

Canadian synth-punks weird out in the cardboard forest

Music

Sexy Gift Guide 5.0

Naughty & Nice

Freaky fun that will have you feeling festive

Wrapper's Delight

As your personal shopper, we've got you covered

The Vermont Country Store: Christmas With the Yanks

Holiday Humbug

Yes, Virginia, there is a limit to Christmas pageantry

Horoscope

Animal House!

Chow Choices: A Holiday Food Miscellany

Nice and Naughty

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