Hanukkah

In Steamboat Springs, Colo., a local artist made a menorah for Hanukkah from recycled snowboards. It's not the first time he has been inspired to infuse the holiday with a little mountain culture.

Celebrate the beauty of the season with these two inspiring specials, tonight starting at 8 on 91.1 and streaming online.

The dreidel is best known as a beloved Hanukkah tradition. But it actually started as a European gambling toy, only acquiring religious significance in the new world.

Bob Boilen's favorite Hanukkah tradition graces the Tiny Desk for fun-filled songs about latkes and gelt.

Christmas and Hanukkah rarely fall on the same date, but this year they do. One mixed-faith family in Oakland, Calif., doubles down for double whammy holiday.

This year the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day. Here's how some interfaith families are preparing to celebrate both holidays.

Today's Beautiful Music features two selections. First, the American operatic tenor Jan Peerce sings Oif'n Prepetschok. Second, Shalom Aleichem is performed by Dina Levin, Dima Graziani,Yuri Kaplunovich, Ernest Itzkovich, and Alexey Reznik.

The late American singer and actor Theodore Bikel provides today's Beautiful Music. Born in Vienna in 1924, Bikel's career highlights included performing the role of Tevye in Fiddler On The Roof, and earning a Tony nomination for playing Captain Von Trapp in the original Broadway production of The Sound Of Music.

Today's Beautiful Music is a fun little Hanukkah mashup from the Israel Philharmonic. This was from 2020, and it features chamber music arrangements of the Dreidel Song and Maoz Tzur played by members of the orchestra.

Today's Beautiful Music is a lovely performance of the traditional Hanukkah song MA'OZ TZUR (ROCK OF AGES) by two members of the United States Army Field Band.