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Under Stimulated: Building Trains and Other Stuff We Need Rather Than What Wall Street Dictates

Joel Epstein | Posted 12.25.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Upper East Side, Vice President Biden, New Year's, President Obama, Gm, Christmas, Park Avenue, Maccabees, High Speed Rail, Facebook, Los Angeles, High Speed Internet, Chanukah, Japan, Aig, Neoconservatives, Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, Berkeley, Citibank, Uncle Sam, Santa Claus, New York Times, San Francisco, Timothy Geithner, Google, Mass Transit, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

I'm making real investment in fast trains that run where people live and want to go my wish for the New Year.

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Responding to Hitchens on Chanukah

Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Empire, History, Religion, Chanukah, Maccabees, Science, Religion and Politics, Religion-and-Science, Imperialism, Richard Dawkins, Politics News
Rabbi Michael Lerner

The story of Chanukah is a story of resilience and courage. Unfortunately for some, it is also a story of rejecting Western values. This is why that belief is not correct.

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Judah the Maccabee's Five Lessons for Barack Obama

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 12.11.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Freedom-Tower-Construction, Kabul-Mayor, Rome, Maccabees, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, President Obama, Kabul, Story of Chanukah, Menorah, Afghanistan Corruption, Story-of-Chanukah, Antiochus, Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan War, Chanukah, Greece, Dead-or-Alive, Freedom Tower, Judah Maccabee, Counterinsurgency, Afghanistan-Counterinsurgency, Orin Hatch, Orin Hatch Chanukah Song, Somalia, Two-State Solution, Israel, Hannukah, World News
Aaron Zelinsky

From the story of Chanukah, we see how not to fight a guerrilla insurgency. From the Maccabees, we learn how to rally a people and a nation. Here are Chanukah's five geopolitical lessons.

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Hanukkah: How to Celebrate (And Clean Up After) the Festival of Lights

Michael DeJong | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Hope and Change, Miracles, Rededication, Maccabees, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Wax, Candles, Jewish Culture, Obama, Menorah, Green Living, Old Testament, Living News
Michael DeJong

Yes, Hanukkah candles drip. There are always distractions from every family ritual, but try to "be in the moment." Don't slip into "freak-out" mode just because something isn't going as planned.

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The Spirit of Chanukah

Eric Lurio | Posted 01.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Christianity, Israel, Spirituality, Chanukah, Holidays, Maccabees, Judaism, Chanukah Christmas, Meaning of Chanukah, Living News
Eric Lurio

I guess it was inevitable that Chanukah would become "Christmas Lite," and did so years ago. For much of the last century, Chanukah is a festival that exists out of envy, like Kwanzaa.

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