Dec 17, 2020
Radically Reframing the Hanukkah Miracle: From Military Victory to the Light of Peace
Chaim Seidler-Feller dives into Maimonides’ presentation of the Hanukkah celebration, how the faithful rationalist radically transformed the miracle story and turned the classic understanding of Hanukkah on its head to become ‘the miraculous light of peace.’
A taste of modern Israeli poetry will illustrate the effort to recast the ancient holiday back into a military guise that is compatible with the self-image and mythos of contemporary Israel.
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