Chanukah Is Relevant for Everyone -- but Not in the Way You Might Think

<![CDATA[        Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, Chanukah, which began last Sunday evening, has always been one of my favorites. Even when I was younger and far less observant, I appreciated the holiday's well-known rituals and customs: lighting the menorah, spinning the dreidel, eating potato latkes, and so forth. My given Hebrew name -- "Maccabee," because Judah Maccabee was nicknamed "the hammer" -- is also synonymous with the hero of the holiday's story.]]>