The Greco-Roman Empire
Europe and the Jews: Part 1
In the Shadow of the Church

In the rest of this series, the Jews will go to Europe, but in the case of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, the West went to the Jews. In a scholarly lecture, Rabbi Wein presents the Chanukah story and the origins of Roman oppression in a fresh new light.

• Aristotle’s respect for the Jewish intellect
• tax farming, a Hellenist career
• bread and circuses/orgies and violence
• anti-Roman lessons hidden in the Medrash