The real message of Chanukah

To avoid both destruction and assimilation, Jews have to fight for who they are and what they stand for

Chanukah menorah created out of fragments of rockets launched into Israel by Hezbollah

In Israel, tails are up. Despite the acute national trauma over the plight of the hostages, the continuing (if sporadic) missile attacks and the losses of soldiers’ lives that are still being sustained, there’s a general optimism that the Jewish state is winning this w…