December 22, 1995 • Page Image 51
…Chanukah: Light A Candle ERA MEYER RAUZIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS W e are told that the Jews are a light unto the na- tions. On Chanukah, that light shines from eight candles. The Jews of history showed us just how dangerous it is to follow a separate path. Consider the battles of the Maccabees. Re- member the accusations of me- dieval times, when the Jews — the only part of the population that bathed regularly, because of the mikvah; th...…