for Friday, December 23, 2022

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What happens when you turn the Holocaust into a video game?

Etan Nechin in Forward

Video game designer Luc Bernard is creating "The Light in the Darkness," the first game aiming to accurately portray the Holocaust.

Politics ›

0 Politics Culture

Zelenskyy, ‘modern-day Maccabee,’ invokes candle-lit Christmas in speech to Congress

PJ Grisar in Forward

In a poignant address to the U.S. Congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a Jewish leader, invoked themes of resilience reminiscent of the Hanukkah story, even as he referenced Christmas to resonate with his primarily Christian audience.

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December 23's Short Reads

Tablet Not Quite Rooted

Tablet The European Genizah

Forward It’s buyer’s remorse for these Jews who love their Teslas but are disgusted with Elon Musk

Forward Searching for Jewish Sicily, I returned with two Hanukkah recipes

Jewish Review of Books Hanukkah’s Confounding Miracle

Forward Fear of Christmas

Lehrhaus Does a Women’s Friday-Night Prayer Belong As Part of Menorah Lighting?

Tablet An Unlikely Friendship on Seminary Row

Tablet Profound and Pious

Tablet Tolstoy and ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’

Forward Why a Christmas Day gift-giving caravan is ‘the most Jewish thing’ Chicago-area residents can do

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