Tonight, Sunday, Jews around the world will once again light the 1st candle of Hanukkah, the holiday that marks the victory 2,200 years ago of the Jewish Maccabees against the Selucid Greeks. Each evening, we will add one more candle during the eight-day holiday to remember, according to tradition, the flask of oil found in the Temple which was only sufficient for one day’s burning but burned for eight days.

As in every battle we Jews have won throughout our history, the battle 2,200 years ago was not the last one.  It appears that even the victories we have won more recently are also not the last battles we will have to fight to retain our right to live and worship as we please in our own land. It certainly seems as if the battle never ends.

Just today, as I write this blog, reports have come in from Bondy Beach in Sydney, Australia about another attack against Jews participating in a community Hanukkah event 14,000 kilometers from Jerusalem. Current data shows 10 people killed, including one of the........

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