Hanukah Foods - olives, latkes, donuts

 The Hanukah festival is also known as the feast, the Festival of Lights, and was celebrated by Jesus, according to the New Testament, gospel according to John 10:22 (numbers of the sections, in case you want to look it up). 

You might have seen Hanukah greeting cards in shops and supermarkets and online. Also the nine branch or candelabra symbol or a real one in shop windows and in synagogues and places serving or selling kosher foods or in Jewish areas.

In modern times it is celebrated in homes for eight days. The festival starts at sunset on the first day with the lighting of the first candle with the helper candle.

Hanukah & Christmas

The festival moves around following the traditional lunar calendar, not in sync with the Gregorian calendar, so Hanukah sometimes overlaps with Christmas but other times is earlier.

Children look forward to Hanukah when homes are brightly lit, in America decorated with banners, blue trees, table napkins and paper plates on the Hanukah theme. More fun from candle lighting every night (sometimes electric candles for safety or convenience). Most exciting, either one big present like Christmas,, or eight small ones, one each day. Some lucky children get both, from parents, or a big present from one relative and little gifts from another. 

If you are hosting a dinner, and don't have the time or money or knowhow, you can ask each guest to bring one item of food, or decoration, or small gifts.

Hanukah Dinner Foods

After candle lighting, in homes, a meal is served, featuring foods made with olive oil, such as olives as appetizers, latkes with the main course, ending with cake made with oil, and/or donuts.

In celebrations at synagogues and public places donuts will be given away or sold.

Latkes

Latkes are cooked, shaped potatoes. Each restaurant and family has their own style. The shape is usually triangular, oval or round. 

Latke Making

Latkes are shredded raw, Julienne style, then bound, maybe with egg, finally fried like Swiss rosti served for dinner, or American hash browns served at breakfast. You might blot off the oil with kitchen tissue.

You might like to look up latkes in French, Or Hebrew, and translate back into English.

I did an AI search and found

'Latkes are known in French as galettes de pommes de terre (potato pancakes) or simply latkes (sometimes spelled with an "s"). A simple recipe in French involves key steps to ensure crispiness. 
Recette de Latkes (Potato Pancakes)'

For more information see

Wikipedia

BBC

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