From the sources by Eliezer Segal: Fuel for a festival
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – It is no easy matter to initiate a new holiday. Although the ancient Israelites could base their festival calendar on…
Holidays
Op/ed: Why we’ll fight Israel’s new extremist political agenda with the determination of the Maccabees
by Rabbi Rick Jacobs (JTA) — The Book of Exodus tells us that the penultimate plague inflicted on Egypt, the plague of darkness, was one of…
Rabbi Mark Glickman: The Great Message of Chanukah – “Just Deal With It!”
By Rabbi Mark S. Glickman (Calgary) – I am a religious Jew. I feel passionately committed to Judaism – to its holidays, its rituals, its…
Rabbi Guy Tal: Chanukah – the holiday of hope
by Rabbi Guy Tal (Edmonton) – The reasons for celebrating Chanukah are very well known. On these days we commemorate the astonishing victory of the…
Rabbi Russell Jayne: Shifting our focus on Hanukkah
by Rabbi Russell Jayne (Calgary) – When we tell the story of Hanukkah, we tend to focus on the miracle itself. We talk about the…