I am prepared for Hanukkah without any particular ambitions and I remember the year 164 BCE when there was neither Christianity nor Islam. It is our duty as Jews to be friendly to Christians who are friendly to Israel. I am not talking about those who, as godless pagans, have draped themselves in a Christian cloak and are now completely discarding it, nor about godless leftists who are making common cause with Muslims to destroy this country.
I will gladly repeat myself: only a self-determined Judaism is a viable Judaism, and to all Christians of goodwill I say:
Had the Maccabees not successfully gone to war with God’s help, Judaism would have been lost forever—and thus the foundation for the emergence of Christianity. In our time, this is where the wheat is separated from the chaff. This also means that only those who adhere to Judeo-Christian values will have a future. Anyone who still believes they can live Christianity without Judaism is a demagogue spreading the biggest lie imaginable.
Therefore, I’m completely relaxed about Hanukkah and hope many friends of Judaism will celebrate with us.
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