The Sandy Hook shooting: what to say to children, how to respond in the longer range, how to place the event in the broader context of personal suffering, contemporary American society, and Jewish history.

Dreidel-spinning, doughnut-eating and gift-giving have seemed to transform Chanukah into a holiday for the youngsters. But, in fact, inside Chanukah and the triumph of the Macabees lies the key to “know how to grow old.”