The eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah commemorates ancient Jews’ victory over the powerful Seleucid empire, which ruled much of the Middle East from the third century B.C. to the first century A.D. On the surface, it’s a story of male heroism. A ragtag rebel force led by a rural priest and his five sons, called […]
Alan Avery-Peck
Alan Avery-Peck is a Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. He specializes in Judaic studies, the history and literature of early Rabbinic Judaism, and the Hebrew language.