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chanukah

The Hanukkah heroine we need this holiday season

December 15, 2017 by Amanda Hamilton Leave a Comment
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The tale of Hanukkah is a simple one: a righteous man and his family, the Maccabees, stand up to their oppressors and are rewarded with a relatively minor miracle, that of the oil needed to maintain the reclaimed synagogue’s eternal light lasting not one day but eight. Every year, usually in December, we gather with … [Read more…]

Posted in: History, News Feed, Our Voices, Uncategorized Tagged: chanukah, hanukkah, holofernes, judith, maccabees