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The arrival of Hanukkah also brought joy, with its mix of fried foods — potato latkes and doughnuts — plus candles, gifts and the spinning-top game dreidel.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2022

There was ginger beer everywhere, and half of a broken bottle spun like a dreidel on the kitchen floor.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2021

Jewish people around the world Sunday will mark the first of eight nights of Hanukkah – lighting menorahs, spinning the dreidel, exchanging gifts and, of course, watching TV.

From Fox News • Nov. 28, 2021

As she expanded her business, she focused on Hanukkah, making neon dreidel leggings and a cold-shoulder dreidel top that she wore to get her coronavirus booster shot.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2021

As we watch the candles burn and play our last game of dreidel, Mom goes into the family room.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan