Asking questions at Masada: Does it symbolize Jewish heroism or cowardliness?

   Almost every Jewish tour group goes to Masada. Many get up at 4 am to trek up the snake path and see the sun rising over the Dead Sea at dawn. It used to be the site of the ceremony at which newly inducted Israeli soldiers swore allegiance to the State of Israel. Schoolchildren learn about it in class, and then travel to the site to see where history happened.

    Masada was not always known as the location of a heroic act.

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