Why It’s Traditional For Jews To Eat Jelly Doughnuts For Hanukkah

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By Meredith Ganzman

If you’ve had your fill of latkes for Hanukkah, there’s actually another traditional and delicious food for the holiday.

During the eight day “festival of lights,” it’s also customary to devour jelly-filled doughnuts. In Hebrew they’re called sufganiyot.