On Purim, Jews celebrate Persians trying (but not succeeding) to kill us, on Channukah, we commemorate how the Greeks tried (and failed) to kill us, and on Passover, we celebrate escaping being killed by the Egyptians. All this, Shalom Auslander points out in his novel, Foreskin's Lament. And all Continue Reading
Hannukah: It Just Ain’t Christmas
It's the Hannukah Season. What? You haven't seen the decorations everywhere? Heard the incessant Hannukah music on the radio? Shopped the Hannukah Sales? Yeah. Me neither. No one thinks about Hannukah. No one talks about it or sings about it, or makes claymation shows about it. (although these Continue Reading