2020-12-04

Hanukkah Pet Photos Gallery

Hanukkah Pet Photos

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2020-12-04 E-Edition

Happy Hanukkah!

Keep Calm and Dreidel On!

What’s your pet doing for the holiday? Send us your photos and video with information about your pet and yourself. We will post online at www.jewishpresstampa.com and the photo may appear in the Jewish Press. Email high resolution images to jewishpressinfo@aol.com

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Just a nosh…


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