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  • Armed Jews Week

    12/11/2004 3:04:58 PM PST · by quidnunc · 71 replies · 2,055+ views
    MSNBC ^ | December 10, 2004 | Dave Kopel
    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...