So, our CEO suggested a fun “homework” assignment—visiting a museum. I chose the Hasmonean Heritage Museum and really enjoyed it! The hands-on exhibits about Modiin’s history were super engaging. The highlight was the interactive timeline and a cool 4D movie. Overall, a unique experience that connected past and present nicely!
https://pauljacobson.me/2026/01/22/my-homework-assignment-to-visit-a-museum-from-our-ceo/
Tomorrow there will be a basketball game in Bologna. They say that sport unites people, but in some cases it also makes them disappear and normalises horrors and crimes.
I celebrate #Chanukah for its 2191 year old struggle for religious freedom and our people's long fight against despots and tyrants.
We teach children that long ago and far away we resisted occupiers. We fought to pray, to speak, to eat and live as our people chose, not as the Seleucid governor dictated. Families died to keep kosher. Families took up arms and invented guerilla tactics that defeated local remnants of Alexander the Great's empire. #Maccabees #humanrights #civilrights
Shalom friends! Throwing it back to #JewishHolidayReactions: The #Hanukkah story! (Er, also #chanukah #channukah and #hannukah stories.) The perfect holiday for anyone with an interest in guerrilla warfare and/or deep fried foods! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🕎⚔️ 🍩 #maccabees
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🕎 #Hanukkah #history #facts — The #Hasmoneans ("#Maccabees"), who recaptured the great Temple in #Jerusalem from #Antiochus IV, were great freedom fighters but violent rulers.
🕎 E.g, in 135, John Hyrcannus I, one of Simon Maccabbee’s sons, took over because Simon’s other two sons were unavailable: Simon’s son-in-law had murdered them, along with Simon himself.
🕎 The Hasmoneans' tyrannical leadership would pave the way for #Christmas...
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🕎 #Hanukkah #history #facts —
Alexander the Great inadvertently set the stage for the events of Hanukkah? Do you know how?
By dying in 323 BCE without a succession plan. After his death, three Greek generals — #Antigonus, #Ptolemy, and #Seleucus — divvied up Alexander's conquered lands, each establishing a dynasty. It was a Seleucid leader in Syria who, some generations later, desecrated the #Jewish #Temple in #Jerusalem, prompting the #Maccabees to rebel.
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