Don’t worry. Part 2 is titled Chanukah: Why it’s a wonderful holiday. Chanukah is a problematic celebration. If you were to ask any gentile (and most Jews) what it was about, they’d tell you that a part of the story is the Maccabees conquering the Greeks. And yet military victories are…
Since I’ve picked Chanukah apart, now I’ll attempt to put it back together. Chanukah is a great holiday. As far as “the world seems to be dying, let’s light things on fire to prove we’re alive” holidays all cultures have, I side with this one. It’s spread over more than a…