Hanukkah 2025: Anti-Zionist Jews are the new Hellenized Jews, we must be Maccabees - opinion

Hanukkah reminds us that even the most barbaric hatred of antiquity has never been enough to destroy Jewish life; the real danger emerges when Jews are willing to flagellate their own identity.

A PRO-PALESTINIAN Jewish protester participates in a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City.

(photo credit: JEENAH MOON/REUTERS)

ByMAIA ZELKHA

DECEMBER 17, 2025 19:54

Hanukkah 2025: Anti-Zionist Jews are the new Hellenized Jews, we must be Maccabees - opinion

Hanukkah reminds us that even the most barbaric hatred of antiquity has never been enough to destroy Jewish life; the real danger emerges when Jews are willing to flagellate their own identity.

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Hanukkah 2025: Anti-Zionist Jews are the new Hellenized Jews, we must be Maccabees - opinion

Hanukkah reminds us that even the most barbaric hatred of antiquity has never been enough to destroy Jewish life; the real danger emerges when Jews are willing to flagellate their own identity.

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