I want to give one of my professors a gift for Hanukkah but more of an appreciation gift. I was thinking wine or scotch or something. I know that Jewish people drink, I’m just not sure what is appropriate in this case? He’s about 40 years old if that makes any difference at all.
Alcohol is an appropriate gift if they drink, but make sure the actual gift is kosher.
http://www.jsor.org/PDF/KosherLiquorListfix.pdf
Like "Jewish themed" movies or ones that have Jewish main characters….my little sister wants to see some ones we haven’t seen before, we’re Jewish
(i’ll chose the best answer as the one who gives the best list)
The Chosen (1981)
IMDb review:
"The Chosen" is an excellent film. It opens up in an inner-city playground softball field, where Reuven (Barry Miller) gets hit in the eye by a baseball hit by Danny (Robby Benson), an Hasidic Jew. The two soon become friends and teach each other about their different worlds. It’s a very realistic film, not at all overdone as some films of this genre are. Rod Steiger as Danny’s ultra-Orthodox rabbi father and Maximilian Schell as Reuven’s liberal father along with Miller and Benson are excellent.
The Devil’s Arithmetic (1999 TV movie)
IMDb synopsis:
When Hannah Stern, a 13-year-old girl neglectful of her Jewish heritage and "tired of remembering", goes to open the door to the prophet Elijah during Seder, she finds herself in 1940s Poland. After being sent to a Nazi concentration camp, she must use her knowledge of the future to survive the past and learn something about the importance of remembering.
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
IMDb synopsis:
Harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
Playing for Time (1980 TV movie)
IMDb synopsis:
Female prisoners in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz are spared from death in return for performing music for their captors.
Skokie (1981 TV movie)
IMDb synopsis:
Neo-Nazi activists plan to march through the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois. Town officials tell the citizens to ignore them because there’s nothing that they can do. But, one citizen who is a death camp survivor says that he was told this nearly 40 years ago in Germany and before he knew it he was in a concentration camp. He says this time if they march, he will not ignore them; he will take action. So, the mayor does what he can to stop them. The neo-Nazi leader goes to the ACLU, and the Jewish lawyer he speaks to states that this is a violation of the First Ammendment. They take the case to court. This is based on actual events in the late Seventies.
We have been living together for almost a year and he celebrates Hanukkah and I celebrate Christmas. How do Hanukkah gifts work? We are both adults. I have a few nice things in mind and was thinking about supplementing with some smaller things to come up with 8 gifts, or do only children receive 8 gifts? I’m not sure how to go about this. Do Jewish people usually open one gift per night?
You will both celebrate the eight days by lighting your menorah.
You don’t have to give any gifts or give them for one day.
The eight days are for kids to get a small something .