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Jacob Plitman
December 13, 2017
by Jacob Plitman
Banner credit: Alex Foley
LIKE OUR COUSINS the Elves, we Jews are a crafty, clever and resourceful people. Marooned as many of us are within a Christian-hegemonic superpower, we reach for what is at hand -- ritually, by turning a minor holiday about the Jewish Taliban into a major celebration, and literally, by turning any old piece of shit into a good dang hannukiyah.
Let us celebrate some of them good dang hanukiyahs here.
Credit: Liana Thomason
Credit: Emily Ivey
Yea that’s a shemesh cigarette lighting a candle cigarette. The source of this photo added, “for context, I’m in Amman, Jordan and it’s really hard to find Chanukah stuff on the fly.”
Credit: Sarah Mclain
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Owner of the photograph would like to assure you that she did not light them on fire. Credit: Natalie Lyons-Cohen
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Jacob Plitman is associate editor of Jewish Currents.
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1) (((beer)))

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2) Painfully beautiful couple, v in love

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3) mnmlst hnnkyh

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4) Hannukiyahhh mother fuckre

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5) True Craftspersonship

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6) 8 nights of loud

7) those are cheetos

Jacob Plitman was the publisher of Jewish Currents from 2017-2022, during which time he stewarded the relaunch of the magazine.