The Maccabean Playbook

<p>The Jewish people established a home in the Land of Israel three times. The Jewish State's catastrophic dismissal on the first two occasions was heavily influenced by divisions within the Jewish community.</p><p></p><p>Moshe Pitchon's The Maccabean Playbook Then and Now recounts the story of the Second Jewish Commonwealth subtly inviting readers to find parallels with modern Israel The Third Jewish Commonwealth and implicitly posing the question: </p><p></p><p>Why would this time be different?</p>