Tag: Chanukkah
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Lighting the Way – By Rabbi Adam Chalom
The Maccabees make complicated heroes. Yes, they stood up for being Jewish against forced assimilation to Greek culture. And yes, they achieved Jewish independence for a hundred years, a model for Jewish self-defense and dignity that resonates even today. At the same time, they were religious fanatics, the haredim of their day: the first person…
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Chanukah: When We Lost And They Won
by Peter Walters Remember Chanukah – dreidels, chocolate coins, latkes, lamp-lighting, all that stuff? Great wasn’t it? One of the really great things about Chanukah is that it’s almost as good as Christmas, but without the whole goy-guilt. Remember how it was put: the time when the few defeated the many; the small beat the great;…
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Chanukkah On My Own Derech
Searching for a way to bring light and meaning to the upcoming Jewish holiday? Here’s a great resource from the Society for Humanistic Judaism: http://www.shj.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Hanukkah_eight_lights.pdf