Hanukkah, Rekindled by Howard Jacobson
Why it’s so hard to get excited about a holiday with the Hasmoneans.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Hanukkah Again
In today's New York Times, another way to look at Hanukkah from the author of The Finkler Question:
Jacobson looks at things a little differently than I do (see my post from a few days ago, Happy Hanukkah!), but he's also wondering how the Maccabees can be heroes to Jews today.
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