It's funny, as I get older I wish my ancestors had done more to hold on to...... something. Something to pass to me to keep alive. But there is nothing. And it seems America itself is turning its back on a distinct American identity (in part due to quite reasonable issues with our history). And all that's replacing it is anger and unhappiness. I used to be quite individualist. But now I kind of see it as a dead end, for most people. I don't have a strong feeling on whatever's going on in the middle east or the real Channuka story (I'm not jewish). But I have to say I politely dissent from the authors POV.