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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 422

Dreidel

A dreidel spins in zero gravity in front of a makeshift menorah aboard the International Space Station in a video shared by NASA Astronaut Jasmine Moghbeli on December 8, 2023. (Twitter screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 10, 2023, 6:20 pm
Astronaut celebrates Hanukkah with zero-gravity dreidel spin
Jasmin Moghbeli finds creative way to mark the Jewish Festival of Lights while aboard the International Space Station
By ToI Staff
Target's array of Hanukkah mugs represent just a small swath of the national retailer's 2022 Hanukkah collection. (Philissa Cramer/ JTA)
December 23, 2022, 2:32 am
The US Hanukkah merch market has exploded. But are Jews feeling more represented?
Unlike years past, retail giants are now dedicating entire aisles to dreidel-shaped pet toys and latke onesies – but critics note that it’s a business strategy, not inclusiveness
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Arthur Kurzweil first encountered amulets and dreidels excavated by treasure hunters during a trip to his father's hometown in Poland. Now he has collected thousands of them. (Photo by Shira Hanau/JTA; background courtesy Kurzweil)
December 2, 2021, 1:16 am
A Jewish writer has 4,000 tiny dreidels found by Eastern European treasure hunters
Traditional Hanukkah tops collected by Arthur Kurzweil are pulled from the earth in the Old Country; they have little monetary value, but their historical significance is priceless
By Shira Hanau
Rabbi Shayna Golkow and Ben Zauzmer created VirtualDreidel.com to add a competitive option during the pandemic. (Courtesy Golkow and Zauzmer/ via JTA)
December 11, 2020, 11:33 am
A game for the times: Virtual Dreidel lets you spin with distant friends
Rabbi Shayna Golkow and LA Dodgers analyst Ben Zauzmer come up with online platform to let pandemic-era players face off in the traditional Hanukkah game from anywhere in the world
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A game set of Dreidel Revolution. (Courtesy)
November 27, 2020, 4:42 pm
Up your Hanukkah game with this new spin on dreidel
From the makers of the Jewish Wisdom Ball comes Dreidel Revolution, a twist on the holiday classic that introduces skill, speed, and even bluffing for more dynamic gameplay
By Yaakov Schwartz
The $70,000 dreidel made of 18K yellow gold and encrusted with 220 round brilliant diamonds created by Estate Diamond Jewelry in New York City was named the world's most valuable dreidel by Guinness World Records. (Courtesy of Estate Diamond Jewelry via JTA)
December 25, 2019, 1:00 am
Guinness World Records certifies world’s most valuable dreidel
18K gold piece stands at 10.8 cm high and is valued at $70,000, with a 4.2-carat diamond on its tip and letters made of white gold encrusted with 222 round brilliant diamonds
By Marcy Oster
Fictional boy band Boyz II Menorah performs spoof song 'A Week and a Day' (YouTube screenshot)
December 21, 2019, 6:39 pm
James Corden spoofs Hanukkah, boy bands in new song
In ‘A Week and a Day,’ Jewish artists dance around holiday symbols, shoot sweltering looks at the camera and declare love for the ‘girl that shines brighter than any menorah’
By ToI Staff
William Shatner speaking at a “Star Trek” conference at the Javits Center in New York, Sept. 4, 2016. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images via JTA)
November 29, 2018, 7:31 am
William Shatner doesn’t include Hanukkah song on new Christmas album
Opening up about his childhood holiday memories, Jewish icon says he regrets leaving out ‘Dreidel, Dreidel’
By Josefin Dolsten
December 15, 2017, 10:46 am
Oh dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of… wire?
An industrial designer uses silversmith skills to crochet tops, and offers a DIY option, too
By Jessica Steinberg
New Hanukkah designs from educational website Midrash Manicures (Courtesy Midrash Manicures)
December 11, 2017, 12:00 pm
Cold shoulders are chic when they’re designed with a dreidel
The latest product from Midrash Manicures comes out just in time for Hanukkah
By Jessica Steinberg
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
December 8, 2017, 3:55 pm
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
The shin on my dreidel
My heart is in the east, where my daily actions contribute to the Jewish story that is greater than my own
Boy scouts spin dreidels at the Summit Bechtel Family Scout Reserve in Glen Jean, West Virginia on July 23, 2017. (Stephen Shore)
July 25, 2017, 11:17 pm
Boy Scouts set world record in dreidel spinning
Some 820 dreidels spin simultaneously at West Virginia summit, breaking mark of 754 set in Tel Aviv three years ago
By JTA
Detail of album cover for 'Dreidel I Shall Play' by composer Samuel E. Goldfarb. (Courtesy of Myron Gordon/via JTA)
December 28, 2016, 4:23 pm
The hidden history of ‘I Have a Little Dreidel’
The ubiquitous song wasn’t ‘handed down to Moses at Sinai,’ as some might think — and as Myron Gordon will tell you, the man behind the music was not without flaw
By Albert Stern
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