When my father was younger he wrote for a lot of newspapers throughout the country. I think his articles are pretty good and makes one think. Here’s an excerpt from an article from 1984 that was in the Jewish Press.
Chanukah and the Fighters
The celebration of Chanukah each year holds a message for the Jewish people throughout the world. A small group of Jewish rebels led by the Maccabees rose up against the superior Hellenistic armies. The military victories of the Jewish people against the threats of religious suppression ensured the freedom to practice Judaism and the rededication of the Holy Temple in Yerushelayim.
The threat of Roman tyranny and paganism was challenged by Judea. The revolt against Rome lasted well over one hundred years before the Jewish fighters of Masada and Beitar fell in battle and the Jewish people forced into. exile.
Many believe that the Jewish fighting spirit disappeared at. Betar. Some believe that with exile the Jewish people became fatalistic, and had no spirit. Religious martyrdom, flight and going like sheep to the slaughter commonly describe the reaction of the Jewish people to persecution until the twentieth century.
The Jewish fighter survived the Roman onslaught and championed Jewish causes many times throughout history. (the article talks about fights against Persia, Spain, and Crusaders. My father told about Jewish soldiers of the Khazar Empire, Berbers, Babylon and others)
And so the mighty tradition continues up until our own days. Yehuda HaMaccabee and his brothers fought the Hellenistic threat to the Jewish people over twenty one centuries ago. Whenever the Jewish people have been threatened the fighters have risen. The Jewish people have never been a fatalistic people who went like sheep to the slaughter.
On Chanuka, while we celebrate the victories of the Maccabees let us remember other heroes who rose to the threat of prejudice and hatred against the Jewish people.
The complete article is powerful and I wish he would write articles again.
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