Chanukah - New Mexico Jewish Journal

Chanukah Newsletter

8th Night! New Mexico Jewish Journal Dec. 21, 2025 ~ 3X Match Only Ten Days to go, and we still need $2,200 to unlock $18,000 by Dec. 31st! ~ Read: Jews in Iceland. Latkes and Blintzes. Children's Art 4 Synagogues. The 8th Night: A story. Avid Readers.

We still have $2,200 to go, to raise $6,000 by December 31st and unlock our $12,000 match for a total $18,000. NOW IS THE TIME to SUBSCRIBE, CONTRIBUTE , and DONATE. A $36 ($3/month) subscription becomes $108! Are you already a subscriber but unpaid or want

Traveling while Jewish

A Jewish Community is Thriving in the “Land of Fire and Ice” and celebrating Chanukah

Story and photos by Jim Winnerman Is there a Jewish presence in the remote country of Iceland? For most people, the answer will invariably be that they have no idea, and then are surprised to learn that the island nation is in fact home to a small but thriving Jewish

Recipes

Potato Latkes and Blintzes Recipes for Chanukah

NMJJ's editor is happy to once again share our family's potato latkes and blintzes recipes at Chanukah. We encourage more food writers to submit!! Contact Diane at editor@nmjewishjournal.com. To reiterate, here is my family's latke recipe, which was first published on the

Memoir

The Eighth Night

By Diane Joy Schmidt In December, she flew again from Albuquerque to Chicago. It was the first night of Chanukah. Joy and her sisters lit the candles every night at the hospital bedside and sang the songs, tuneless and off-key, something they hadn’t done together since they were children.

Chanukah

Chanukah Children's Art from 4 of our Synagogues: Temple Beth Shalom, Congregation B'nai Israel, Nahalat Shalom, and Congregation Albert

CHANUKAH CHILDREN'S ART 2025 Next holiday we hope to include even more! Thank you to Jessica Corley for volunteering to engage our synagogues in sharing all this wonderful artwork: from Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, and in Albuquerque from Nahalat Shalom, Congregation B'nai Israel and

Chanukah Newsletter

Happy Chanukah New Mexico Jewish Journal ~ Children's Art from B'nai Israel ~ Welcome new RABBI MICAH CITRIN see video! ~ BBYO Experience by a Teen ~ Community Chanukah Celebration ~ SUBSCRIBE NOW 3X MATCH $36 becomes $108!

Judith writes to us: At the Academy of Jewish Learning (AJL) at Congregation B'nai Israel, we retold the story of Chanukah to our Sunday School Gan Class (ages 4-6) and to our Torah (grades 3rd-7th) and asked them to create images of the Chanukah story. For our older

Hanukkah

The History of the Ten US Hanukkah stamps

By Jim Winnerman It is likely you are aware the United States Postal Service periodically issues a commemorative Hanukkah stamp. Perhaps you have noticed them on the envelope of a Hanukkah card you have received or used them on your own cards and letters around the holiday. The tradition of