Hanukkah in television

Hanukkah in television, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah (which commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks), is represented and referenced to in a number of television series of various genres such as comedy, sitcom, drama, documentary, animated, children's, competitive, talk and reality television, among others. Through a number of cultural references, tropes, and plot devices. Hanukkah has been referenced in many different American television series, as well as Israeli, British television, Canadian, and French television, among others.^[1]

Hanukkah plays a minor role in the plot of some episodes of television series, and plays a more important role as the main plot device in others, such as in "A Rugrats Chanukah", among others.

Notable examples

• A Rugrats Chanukah

See also

• Hanukkah films

References

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• Hanukkah
• חֲנֻכָּה

Traditions

Symbols	Hanukkah menorah Dreidel (Sevivon) Gelt Public menorah
Foods	Biscochos Syrniki Fritas de prasa Latke Noodle latkes Sfenj Sufganiyah Buñuelos
Music	"Ma'oz Tzur (Rock of Ages)" "Haneirot Halalu (These lights)" "Odecha Ki Tovot Gamalta (I will Thank You)" "Ichlu Mashmanim (Eat Fattened Animals)" "I Have a Little Dreidel" "Oh Chanukah" "The Chanukah Song" "Erran Baron Cohen Presents: Songs in the Key of Hanukkah "Light One Candle" "Puppy for Hanukkah" The Hanukkah Sessions
Films	Eight Crazy Nights Full-Court Miracle The Hebrew Hammer
In television	"The One with the Holiday Armadillo" "A Rugrats Chanukah"
Activities	Festigal Latke–Hamantash Debate
Other	Thanksgivukkah Hallel Hanukkah bush Hanukkah Harry Mensch on a Bench Chrismukkah

Maccabean
Revolt

Events	Seleucid Empire Temple in Jerusalem Maccabees Hasmonean Kingdom
Historical accounts	Books of Maccabees (1 and 2) The War of the Jews Miracle of the cruse of oil
People	Mattathias John Simon Judas Eleazar Jonathan Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Battles	Ma'aleh Levona Beth Horon Emmaus Beth Zur Campaigns of 163 BC Beth Zechariah Adasa Elasa