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Winter Holiday Magazine
Gift Ideas
for the
Chanukah Season
Jarrad Saff ren | Staff Writer
I f you want, you can Google something like “best Chanukah gift s for 2022”
and fi nd plenty of options.

Town & Country Magazine lists an agate cheese board, a Jewish-themed
puzzle and golf ball whiskey chillers, among others. Th e New York Times is fea-
turing a Barbra Streisand T-shirt, matching menorah pajamas for a family and a
baseball cap that says “Mensch,” as well as other gift s that are more practical and
less silly. And Good Housekeeping is suggesting wall art that says “shalom,” a
children’s book about Chanukah and a candle that smells like latkes.

But while those outlets list their recommendations as “for the golf lover” or
“for the puzzle enthusiast,” they will not give you what you really need. And that
is detailed suggestions for every type of family member that you have to stretch
your credit limit for this Chanukah.

Th at is why we turned to Kristen Kreider, the managing director of business
operations at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in
Philadelphia, to provide you with those types of gift ideas. Kreider is the buyer for
the museum’s Chanukah store.

For Your Spouse
Ahava means “love” in Hebrew,
and the Weitzman’s ahava jewelry
collection is a popular selection
for wives, according to Kreider.

Necklaces, earrings and bracelets
all spell out the word in Hebrew.

No one has ever returned a gift
from this collection, the buyer
said. As for husbands, I am one, so
I’m going to step in for Kreider
here. I have spotted mini sufgani-
yot candies on the fi rst page of
the museum’s Chanukah store. Ever since I discovered sufganiyot a year ago
(I’m 31; shame on me), my entire Chanukah experience has been transformed.

If your husband likes to eat, and I’m guessing he does, buy him these.

Sviatoslav Kovtun / AdobeStock
For Your Parents
Kreider said there are many options here since parents, in their advanced age
and wisdom, appreciate things more than younger people do. (I added that
last part.)
You could give your parents the gift of yourself, meaning a picture frame
with a picture of you, your signifi cant other and your kids in it. Or you could
get them the gift bag with gelt and chocolate dreidels. Or, if they are coff ee
drinkers, you could go with a Chutzpah blend that, according to Kreider, “packs
a bigger punch.”
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