Reclaiming The Menorah

June 9, 2023

Welcoming elite officers from the Israel National Defense College, Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz explains that the version of the menorah we all know is a Roman adaptation. Why then did the founders of Israel choose that reminder of our degradation as the symbol of our independence and sovereignty? “By reclaiming the menorah, Israel embraces her past and the many ways the diaspora and exile have shaped the Jewish people.”