Jonathan Klawans talks about the Christmas-ification of Hanukkah in BU Today.

  • By: Wendy L Czik

A Ho-Ho-Ho Hanukkah?
The Christmas-ification of a Jewish holiday

By Rich Barlow

The Hanukkah Mensch on a Bench was inspired by a Christmas-themed gift. Photo courtesy of Gwyneth Anne Bronwynne Jones
The Hanukkah Mensch on a Bench was inspired by a Christmas-themed gift. Photo courtesy of Gwyneth Anne Bronwynne Jones

Would Jonathan Klawans keep Mensch on a Bench on his shelf? “If somebody sent it to us, probably,” he says genially. The College of Arts & Sciences professor of religion can even envision buying the Hanukkah themed doll-cum-book—a twist on the Christmas Elf on a Shelf—as a holiday gift for his kids. Read more.

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