tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123924743583572207.post4177681251289015048..comments2023-11-24T03:47:26.226-05:00Comments on A Good Question!: An American ChanukahRabbi Yair Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509035332105271598noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123924743583572207.post-27736608020052655092016-12-26T18:40:53.033-05:002016-12-26T18:40:53.033-05:00Or you could claim Hanukkah is the least American ...Or you could claim Hanukkah is the least American holiday. It's story deals with a resistance to assuming the identity of the larger culture, Greek for the Maccabees, secular American for us. Circumcision reversals for them, Hanukkah bushes and caroling for us. Greek and American culture are pretty alluring and they and we were welcome to join in but at a price. The soul of Judaism was up for grabs and it still is.furrydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556282999141152154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123924743583572207.post-65816707362577290822016-12-26T18:11:42.437-05:002016-12-26T18:11:42.437-05:00Or you could claim Hanukkah is the least American ...Or you could claim Hanukkah is the least American holiday. It's story deals with a resistance to assuming the identity of the larger culture, Greek for the Maccabees, secular American for us. Circumcision reversals for them, Hanukkah bushes and caroling for us. Greek and American culture are pretty alluring and they and we were welcome to join in but at a price. The soul of Judaism was up for grabs and it still is.furrydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556282999141152154noreply@blogger.com