Mike Leven's Chanukah Message for 2024

Chanukah represents to me one of the most important holidays for the Jewish people because it symbolizes how a small group fought for the survival of Judaism against the majority who hoped that assimilation to another way of life was more important. Even today as we in the United States have seemed to forget as we have thrived, we were shocked in the last years by anti-Zionism and anti-Israelism to remind us of who we are and who we must continue to be. As a child who grew up with my maternal grandparents in a small apartment, at the lighting of the candles of this holiday we rejoiced at our survival and the importance of those that came before and promised that every year we are blessed to light them again.

Mike Leven is a legendary business executive, visionary philanthropist, and the founder of the Jewish Future Promise.