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- "Hanukkah: A Great Miracle Happened There"
- Summary: A conversation between Rabbi Ismar Schorsch and Host Larry Josephson about the history, rituals and meaning of Hanukkah--and its importance in our time. (Revised 2014)
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Review of Hanukkah: A Great Miracle Happened There
Marjorie Van Halteren
Posted on December 20, 2005 at 02:15 AM
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About..Hanukkah. I'm one of those that doesn't know much, except the old saw about it being a minor holiday to compete with Christmas, which turns out to be somewhat true. Larry's guide and guest, Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, chancellor and history chair of the Jewish seminary in New York, is knowledgeable and articulate - and stick around for the moving personal Hanukkah story he modestly slips in. I'm not a Jew (except I'm a New Yorker which gives me a certain claim!)- but with the loud, simplified, all pervasive Christian clamor I'm hearing on all levels and from all corners coming from my native country I found this program a welcome, soothing and important listen.