Hanukkah, the festival of lights, is an eight-day Jewish celebration that occurs every winter. It’s celebrated by millions of people, so we don’t know why these people seem to have no idea about it.
Scott Walker is the governor of Wisconsin, and he’s considering a presidential run in 2016. Last spring, he attended the Republican Jewish Coalition meetings in Las Vegas to introduce himself to new donor bases. A few months later, group chairman Franklyn Gimbel wanted to see how committed Walker was to his group’s interests, and asked the governor if he would be willing to display a menorah on government property during the holiday season. Walker wrote a letter to Gimbel to announce that a menorah would be played at the Milwaukee County Courthouse. He signed the letter, “thank you again, and Molotov.” We’re pretty sure he meant mazel tov, a Hebrew/Yiddish phrase for “good luck,” and not a reference to an improvised explosive.
- Like a lot of retailers, Hallmark sells cards and wrapping paper relating to Hanukkah. The chain was forced to recall hundreds of rolls of a traditionally blue-and-silver Hanukkah gift wrap from its own stores and third-party retailers after receiving a complaint from a customer. A woman bought a roll at a California Walgreens and found that the angular, silver, rectangular pattern…formed swastikas. Hallmark pulled the paper and quickly, profusely apologized.