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In Praise of the Maccabees and Rabbi Akiva

UPDATES 10 am Israel time, Friday, November 6 2013: *A wonderful week of Chanukah has come and gone–followed in short order by winter. Driving down through the fog and rain from Jerusalem yesterday, we heard on the radio how snow … Continue reading

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