Jew vs. Jew
An oil menorah sheltered in a stone cubicle outside a home in Jerusalem’s Old City. (Yehoshua Halevi)
On the real lessons of the Hanukkah story.
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Ask most American Jews what Hanukkah is about and they’ll probably mention the miracle of the oil lasting for eight nights. Or playing with dreidels. Or snacking on jelly doughnuts.
But the true story of Hanukkah, which begins tonight, is far darker.
The old joke is that most Jewish holidays can be summed up by the following: They tried to kill us. They f…
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