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Hellenism and Judaism</a> (Collected Writings II)</b></font></p>
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Chanukah: Consecration and Inspiration in Judaism</a> (Collected Writings II) <br>
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Hanukkah is pretty much the opposite of the modern secular celebration of Christmas that most of their neighbors celebrate. Rather than an expression of peace, the revolt of the Maccabees was a battle against foreign oppression and a bloody civil war.<br>
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<p class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted4">The priest Mattathias and his five sons and their followers fought both their Syrian Greek oppressors
<em class="ContentPasted4">and</em> the assimilated Jews who had embraced the Hellenistic practices of their overlords. Contemporary leftists critical of Hanukkah aren’t wrong to point out that most American Jews probably have a lot more in common with the
latter—who were embracing a universalist culture and rejecting the narrow, parochial beliefs of the rebels—than the heroic Judah Maccabee.</p>
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<p class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted4">That’s precisely why Hanukkah really does deserve the disproportionate attention it gets from American Jews this time of year, relative to its lesser importance in the liturgical calendar.</p>
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<p class="FluidPluginCopy ContentPasted4">See the above URL for much more.</p>
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