juushika

the narrative of "Hanukkah isn't our most important holiday, and its cultural importance is actually a symptom of forced assimilation, but this year it certainly has extra thematic relevance"

I've been reading a book lately, called Hanukkah in America, which complicates and contextualizes this narrative. It's tediously academic in its prose in places (and I suspect several chapters to have been previously published separately as journal articles, which makes for awkward repetition when they're squashed together), but the content is fascinating and it's seriously changed how I think about Chanukah. I recommend it if this is something you want to explore further.