Interlude - Greek Wisdom and Cultural Sovereignty

The Jewish Story

Interlude - Greek Wisdom and Cultural Sovereignty

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December 24, 2022

Here is my annual Hanukkah class in honor of my father, Charles Feuer/Betzalel ben Avraham ob'm (of blessed memory). As the end of the Hashmonean kingdom that was established after the Hanukkah war, the Sages decreed "cursed by the man who teaches his son Greek wisdom." This talk explores what that wisdom might be, how to hold it off and why doing so is central to our national struggle for cultural sovereignty.


rav mike feuer, the jewish story, history, hanukkah, Hashmonean kingdom, Hanukkah war, Greek