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A modern maccabee

As the holiday season approaches, I find myself reflecting back on the story of Hannukah and summon inspiration by the immense strength our ancestors showed in the face of unimaginable adversity. For those of us unfamiliar with the story of Hannukah, our ancestors, the Maccabees, were living in Eretz Israel under the reign of the Selucids – a might empire that, at its peak, stretched from the rolling hills of Central Turkey to the fertile plains of Northwest India.

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