Masada was the last fortress holdout of Jews during the first Roman revolt in the year 70 CE. One thousand Jews had taken up residency there, yet the order came down from Rome that the city must be razed in order to put down the Jewish revolt. Yet when there seemed to be no alternative, the Jewish residents of Masada committed mass suicide rather than be taken into captivity. According to Patricia Litscher, regarding her trip on the cable car up the summit: “The experience of something so spiritual is worth it, so as to conquer one’s biggest fears. (It always helps to have a Rabbi in your back pocket.)”
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