Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed 2019
By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, Ettinger Report— 1. Chanukah’s historical context is narrated in the four Books of the Maccabees, The Scroll of Antiochus and The Wars of the Jews. The Greek Empire was split following the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE), who held Judaism in high esteem. In 175 BCE, the Syrian/Seleucid…