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In South Africa, many low-income families who’ve never had electricity can’t afford solar power. Solar mini-grids could help.
Every president since Jimmy Carter has recognized Hanukkah with a special menorah lighting ceremony.
Despite the primacy of Christmas in American culture, the visibility of Hanukkah in pop culture reminds Jews that they have their own holiday in which they can take pride.
Hanukkah is ranked one of Judaism’s minor festivals, but its popularity in the US has a lot to do with America’s Jews trying to fight assimilation into a culture that welcomed them.
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Professor of Religion, Rowan University
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Part-Time Associate Professor of Religion, Dickinson College
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University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
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Postdoctoral fellow in Public Health, Aarhus University