Chanukah, commemorating the Maccabees’ revolt against the anti-Jewish Seleucids during the Second Temple period, is the most Zionist of Jewish holidays. In winning independence from their oppressors, ...
Every few years, I feel compelled to point out that American Jews, experiencing Christmas envy, turned one of the most dynamic and relevant stories of the Jewish tradition into one of the most tedious ...
The first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah falls on the evening of Dec. 25, and the Chabad Lubavitch of Central Massachusetts will kick off the holiday with a celebration in Worcester. The ...