Tag: Hanukkah

There have been some pretty bad Hanukkahs in Jewish history. The ones that happened between 1933 and 1945 while antisemitic fascists raged across Europe were horrific. The ones in the years afterwards, celebrated by folks like my grandparents in DP camps in Austria or elsewhere were not so great eit...

It is Hanukkah once again, and it’s time we give up the secret. Because Santa and the joy of Hanukkah have something in common — they’re both a lie. The miracle of the light that we celebrate on Hanukkah is a coverup, likely fabricated to instill hope. Because the real story is ...

There are times in life when we are overwhelmed by fear and doubt. There are times when we are plunged into spiritual darkness. In this place of total crisis, we are stripped naked before God and all our pretenses and facades fall away. In this rock-bottom state, we discover the divine spark th...