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ilated or interfaith families
who make sure to light can-
dku. each night of Chanukah
ever wonder what their fate
would have been in the hands
of a Judah Maccabee?
We don't want to think
about such things. It's far
more popular to spin dreidels,
eat potato latkes and ex-
change gifts on Chanukah
than to explore the holiday's
theme of combatting assimi-
lation (literally) and preserv-
ing Judaism at all cost.
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I'm not advocating that Or-
thodox Jews take to the
streets and beat up their less
observant brethren. But in a
society consumed with con-
cern about Jewish survival,
we cannot afford to ignore the
significance of why a victory
by Jewish zealots many cen-
turies ago was elevated to the
status of a religious holiday
still celebrated today.
Chanukah marks the
preservation of Jewish life,
the spark of the Divine that
kindled and spread. Its light,
and its message, still burns
today — in modern Israel
and in the borough of Brook-
lyn, and wherever Jewish
lives must be defended and
Judaism sustained.
The methods may change
with the times, but the need
to protect our brothers and
sisters, and ourselves, does
not. Even in the darkness of
racial conflict or world con-
demnation, Chanukah re-
minds us that the flame of
Jewish survival burns bright-
est when we act to uphold our
interests. The criticism will
always be there, but we do not
seek the world's love, just its
respect.
The Maccabees fought to
save Judaism, not destroy
others, and that is why we
still honor them today.
News
An Australian Court
Rejects Nazi's Appeal
Sydney, Australia (JTA) —
An Australian court has re-
jected the last appeal by
accused Nazi Ivan
Polyukhovich, paving the
way for him to stand trial for
war crimes.
Mr. Polyukhov.ich is
accused of a role in the
deaths of 850 Jewish people
in the Ukraine between
August and September 1942.
He was charged under
Australia's War Crimes Act
with 24 counts of murder.
His lawyer told the
Adelaide court that a trial
would be an abuse of process,
due partly to allegedly
"unreliable" witnesses and
partly because of the long
time which elapsed between
the alleged crimes and the
filing of charges.
All evidence and argument
during the last hearing was
suppressed on the grounds
that it might affect a jury in
the criminal trial.
Australia has a judicial
process in which an accused
first stands before a judge in
a committal hearing to see if
there is probable cause for a
jury trial. The committal
hearing can be as long as the
regular trial and hear the
same evidence.
Mr. Polyukhovich's com-
mittal hearing opened in Oc-
tober 1991 after months of
delay.
The judge at this latest
hearing accepted the
defense's appeal relating to
a charge that Polyukhovich
murdered two Jewish
youths.
He also ruled that a charge
that Polyukhovich murdered
three other Jewish adults
should be dealt with at a
different trial than the one
considering the mass
murder and other charges.
Justice Brian Cox
criticized the quality of
interpretation of evidence at
Mr. Polyukhovich's com-
mittal hearing, but accepted
that the accused had still to
answer charges on the mass
killing and six individual
murders.
Meanwhile, the former
head of Australia's Nazi war
crimes investigatory unit
has accused the government
of "treacherous nonsense" in
its decision not to complete a
case against a former Lat-
vian officer alleged to have
headed a murder squad.
"The historical importance
(of this case) was potentially
enormous because, just like
economic sanctions, criminal
sanctions have got a role in
international politics," he
said.
The case, which was--
almost completed, would
have involved far more vic-
tims than that involving the
two men whose cases have
successfully reached the
courts, he added.