Three Great Jewish Journal Reads
How was Hanukkah celebrated behind ghetto walls?
Who are the modern day Maccabees?
Why do Jews feel a connection with the IDF?
In 1940, Chanukah arrived just a few months after the ghetto walls were completed, and before the Nazis had fully implemented all their suffocating regulations. “Never before in Jewish Warsaw were there as many Hanukkah celebrations as in this year of the [building of the] wall,” Kaplan wrote.
…we also need to recognize that our story of overcoming persecution and oppression is not a unique one. Every culture has its own Maccabees, and being willing to hear those similar stories from others might make them more willing to hear ours.
Do those around the world who identify as French or Francophile, but who don’t live in France, attend events in support of the French army and embrace French soldiers as their own children? Are Korean Americans moved to tears upon meeting young Korean soldiers in Los Angeles?