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Light One Candle

Jonathan M. Katz
Dec 24, 2019
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Light One Candle

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When I was a little kid, I learned the story of Hanukkah and the Maccabean revolt against the Greek Seleucid Empire. It had everything a six year old could want: outnumbered good guys, super-evil bad guys, and war elephants:

If you remember anything about the 1980s, it shouldn’t be hard to guess what I compared it to:

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