[Avodah] Babylonian Jewry and Chanukah

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 11:05:16AM -0500, Prof. Levine wrote:
> For many years I have been bothered by the following.
>
> There was a large Jewish population living in Babylonia during the time 
> that the events of Chanukah played out. Yet, I have never seen any 
> mention of the Jews living in Bavel coming to the assistance of the Jews 
> in EY during their struggle with the Syrian-Greeks. Why is this? ...

If you told the story of the Shoah or the early days of the Yom Kippur war
in a book the size of either of the Sifrei Makabiim, Megillas Antiochus,
or the Mai Chanukah section in sha"s, how much if any space would you
dedicate to American Jewry's efforts?

And given the way the world shrunk, the Jews of Bavel were arguably
much further.

:-)BBii!
-Micha