All Jews are interconnected. Siblings. We have a mutual responsibility to care for each other and work for communal good. The actions and well-being of one of us affects all of us. Part of choosing to be part of the Jewish community - whether we are Jewish or not - means saying, “You matter to me and I won’t walk away.”
Read MoreMIKEITZ GENESIS 41:1 - 44:17
It wasn’t only a war of independence. The Maccabean revolt against the Greeks rose from an atmosphere of spiritual and cultural conflict. That they needed to oppose Antiochus who established Zeus in the Temple was clear, but to what degree could Jews adopt Greek culture and still be Jewish?
Did we really reject it all?
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