During his lifetime, Elie Wiesel published several collections of profiles featuring figures from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidism. Filled with Fire and Light, edited by Alan Rosen, is a new book that contains nine more of these short but powerful essays.…

This review was previously published in the December 2018 issue of Chai Notes. Although Hanukkah is one of the most popular Jewish holidays, many Jews only know the bare bones of the story of the Maccabean revolt, and the books…