Hanukkah
Originally, Jews didn’t kindle lights to celebrate the holiday.
The problem was not that the stars of the Hanukkah story were too heroic, but that they confused their military heroism for the capacity of communal leadership.
The forgotten history of the sufganiyah.
“It was one of the decisive events in human history. Never before had men been convinced, as they were then, that an idea was something to fight for and to die for.”
’Tis the season of Hanukkah bashing.
The miracle of the Jews and the existence of Jew-hatred go hand in hand.
Some back-of-the-envelope sociology of American Jewry.
Hoping for Latkes, an Amateur Photojournalist Found Himself in the Maelstrom of Romania’s Revolution
Hanukkah during the downfall of Ceausescu.
The Greeks, like their anti-Zionist heirs, sought to strike at the heart of Jewish difference.
English is a language notorious for its strange spellings, and its speakers are more willing to tolerate aberrations than are speakers of other languages.
Some end-of-year remarks on the path of life, spoken in honor of those who do end-of-life work.
At times of war, especially, it was always a patriotic holiday.
Modeling intercommunal harmony near the birthplace of Jesus.