As the last night of Hanukkah approaches, we would like to take this opportunity to reflect on this past week's Jewy events and provide a few tidbits of what we shiksas have learned from this year's celebration. 1. Hanukkah has multiple spellings: Hanukkah, Hanukka, Chanuka, and Chanukah. 2. It's important to double check (using a calendar, not a person) which is the actual first night of Hanukkah. We accidentally lit our first candles on Monday,......

The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on annoying car alarms, a murder suspect used a fake Asian accent on the stand and a video of a man being beaten up by teenage girls on a subway shocked the city. And we interviewed soon-to-be-leaving-Gawker editor Choire Sicha, who said,......

Our sister site, Gothamist, snapped up this image of the perfect dinner idea for all of you interfaith couples out there who don't know how to celebrate the first night of Chanukah together. We got a jump start on the minor Jewish holiday with a plate full of corned-beef and cabbage last night. (And we're not even chosen ones!) If we had only known that the rules of kosher dining were now so flexible,......

Holiday Gift Guide alumnus Jewish Fashion Conspiracy has added a number of items to its lineup since we wrote about it last year, now sporting enough products for every one of the eight days of Chanukah. We've already stated our fondness for the Chanukah Bush thong, and are seriously considering a Happy Madonnakah t for some of our requisite holiday self-gifting. But our current must-have is the rhinestone-studded Gelt Digger t-shirt, which is black......

Our first annual 'Fisties Awards debuted, with our picks for bars, pizza, food shopping, and places to see art all being asserted. Our December contests continued -- have you won anything yet? With a giveaway a day for the entire month, the odds are definitely on your side. Getting sick of the Christmas, Chanukah and even Festivus talk? We have some entertainment alternatives for you theatrically, and cinematically (though the most talked about movies......

SFist interviews Sarah Lefton, owner of the Jewish Fashion Conspiracy...

When Sarah Lefton started making t-shirts with the hilarious pun "Yo Semite" emblazoned across the chest, little did she realize she was creating an empire. Now, her San Francisco based Jewish Fashion Conspiracy boasts several t-shirts and two underwear lines. We especially like the boy brief Chanukah panties (pictured - 15 bucks) and the "Happy Madonnakah!" T-shirt (22 bucks). We ourselves don one of the "Chanukah Bush" thongs for special occasions, and have received rave......

Tonight marks the first of eight nights of Hanukkah, that minor holiday puffed up to major holiday deal so goyim have something to say after that awkward pause that invariably arises when they ask a member of the Tribe how their Christmas shopping is going. So there’s only two Hanukkah songs of note, there’s no kitschy Rankin-Bass holiday special featuring little Moishe and Rebecca as they and Judas Maccabee try and save Hanukkah from......

Ahh, SF. The cuisine. The culture. The coffee. But what happens when an SFist has to leave town? Or the local coffee joint closes on a holiday? Or when the season's eatings aren't bean & brew friendly? Well, Thanksgiving was a pretty good preview. Here are some tips for getting by. Steel Cage Match: Caffeine v. Tryptophan Turkey contains an amino acid called tryptophan, which makes you sleepy. Coffee (thanks to trimethyldioxypurin, natch) perks you......