Posted on 12/11/2004 3:04:58 PM PST by quidnunc
Tonight is the fourth night of Armed Jews Week, or as it is more popularly known, Hanukkah. Hanukkah is an eight-day celebration of the Jewish revolution against Syria in the second century B.C. The Syrian government (a remnant of Alexander the Great’s empire) attempted to wipe out the Jewish religion by forcing the Jews to conform to Greek culture. Some of them refused, and a tiny militia, led by Judah the Maccabee (“the hammer”) began a guerilla war.
The Jewish militia grew in force, and repeatedly destroyed much larger Syrian armies which were sent to smash the revolution. Syria’s King Antiochus decided that the Jewish people were so much trouble that he would just get rid of them entirely — slaughtering as many as necessary, and selling all the rest into slavery. But his wicked plans failed, and after years of war, the Jews won their independence.
During the years of Syrian tyranny, Syrian officers enjoyed the droit du seigneur — the authority to deflower virgin Jewish brides on their wedding nights, before they could join their husbands. So some stories which Jewish families retell at Hanukkah, such as the Book of Judith,extol brave Jewish women who went to the tent of enemy officers who were expecting sex — but who instead met their deaths as the hands of lone Jewish women.
During centuries of oppression in Christian and Moslem lands, many Jews adopted attitudes of passivity and helplessness. Those attitudes began to change in the late nineteenth century, with the growth of the Zionist movement.
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L
LOL, I should call my liberal Jewish friend and wish her a happy "Armed Jews Week"!
Something to remind all peoples who are facing Islam today. If they think they'll have any better treatment under the islamic Arabs now then did the Jews under the pagan Arabs then, they're grossly mistaken.
Might have been Irv Rubin of the JDL. May he rest in peace. Or it was from the founder of the JDL, I forget his name.
Why does a Leon Uris novel come to mind?!
Regards,
L
What about the "higher calibre" Jews?
"Or it was from the founder of the JDL"
Meyer Kahne (sp?) killed by a Muslim terrorist in plain sight of scores of people in a NYC hotel meeting room. I forget which hotel. Terrorist incomprehensibly aquitted of the most serious charges. Terrorist attended Mosque across the street from where I first lived when I moved to Hudson County, NJ. The Muslim terrorists' home away from home.
Quidnunc, you always come up with the best articles!
A .22? May as well not be armed.
Well armed jew checking in!
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Forget that jive, this Jew carries a forty-five ;)
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I met Irv in Beserkeley protesting a Cal student who witnessed his buddy raping and murdering a tottler. We later traded emails and protested the neo-Nazis in Coer d'Alene.
I thought that quote sounded familiar. BTW, Irv was also friends with the hacker Kevin Mitnick, who had attended the JDL summer school in his youth.
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