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yossi schwartz, captive of zion
scholemtzadak
The thing is this: Hanukkah as it comes down to us is *both* a holiday celebrating the military victory of insurgent Jewish religious nationalists (of a sort) *and* a holiday
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Villain Gaon
JustSayXtian
If you're going around telling Jews who don't observe exactly like you do that they're the bad guys in the Hanukah story, I want you to go look at yourself
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Yitz Latkes
yitzlandes
A quick little thread—before it's too late!—on late ancient Jewish views of Hanukkah/the Hasmoneans *outside of classical rabbinic literature*, which, actually, do conform a bit more to the modern "nationalist"
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
TheRaDR
OK, people keep asking me about that NYT article where the guy is shocked to discover the fact that the war Hanukah commemorates is, like all war, full of pain
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Airy Manning
AiryManning
#Chanukah History. #JewishHistory: Thread. /1 I'd like to talk about the outline of events leading up to the Chanukah story. The story itself, the way it was later portrayed in
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ⓘ This Yitz is undisputed
MeerkatYitz
Apparently there is still a complete lack of understanding of what Chanukah is about, coupled with the grossest attempt at cultural appropriation regarding it. I am not surprised, as this
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Dr. Annette Yoshiko Reed
AnnetteYReed
As someone writing a book on forgetting in post-70 reception of 2nd Temple Judaism, I'm finding recent debates about "real" meaning of Hanukkah really fascinating--so a thread of some preliminary
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Rabbi Zvi Solomons 🕎 follow @RabbiSolomons
RabbiZvi
Tonight is the first of the eight nights of Chanukah.The season of the winter soldsticr has always been a time for lighting lights.From 176-160BCE, my ancestors rebelled against the oppressive
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Politics Guy #IFBAZ 🇮🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸
PoliticsBloke
This thread proves that #Jerusalem is, always has been, and always will be The Capital of #Israel. Please help share the truth by retweeting these facts.#JerusalemIsTheCaptialofIsrael #JerusalemDay #JERUSALEMJews’ Spiritual
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