Emil Fackenheim

Dec 7, 2023 | jewishreviewofbooks.com | Yitz Landes |Akiva Schick |Allan Arkush |Emil Fackenheim

Imagine a Hallmark movie called A Very Teaneck Hanukkah: a large, wholesome family dressed in their best sweaters huddles around a lit menorah singing “Ma’oz Tzur”—the most recognizable and ubiquitous of Hanukkah songs. Or, at least, they quickly sing the first stanza so that they can exchange gifts and sit down to eat the holiday’s traditional oil-fried cuisine.