In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 photo, a bakery employee helps customer choose doughnuts in Bnei Brak, Israel. Israelis are finding new advice hard to swallow: in the name of proper nutrition, their health minister has gone on the warpath against the beloved Hanukkah tradition of gorging on sugar-laden, deep-fried, jam-filled doughnuts. Yaakov Litzman _ the bearded, black-coated chief of a powerful ultra-Orthodox political party _ considers himself a guardian of Jewish traditions. But he also wears another hat, as a health conscious official on a crusade to stamp out junk food and child obesity. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
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