Feliz Hanukkah

By Trina Hernandez, Latino USA

When Austin resident Trina Hernandez found out her family had Jewish roots, it allowed her to ditch the commercial aspects of Christmas she had long disliked and connect to a tradition she found more meaningful for her and her son.

This article was first published in Latino USA.

Trina Hernandez is a busy madre y esposa and legal assistant by day and a blogger, contributor forLatinometro, and co-director for Austin’s LATISM chapter by night. She is also a proud resident of Austin, TX, sharing everything she experiences within the city. You can always find her on twitter (@atxtrina) or on her couch watching too much TV. And you can definitely always find her at home on Sabbath.

This article was first published in Latino USA.