Not being on line, I am seeing if the scheduling function works.
A much more realistic discussion of the “real world history” behind Hanukah can be found here in a great NYTtime Op-Ed. It is worth while reading and quite thought provoking.
Meanwhile, I am rattling around in the countryside west of Oxford.
Ha! When I read that last week I thought of copying it to you. It was rather a good bit, and I enjoy David Brooks’ sneaky little insights. And doesn’t the story have that familiar ring to it? Mark Twain said “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.”