This year, for the first time since 1888, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah coincide in what many in the Jewish community are calling “Thanksgivukkah.” The eight-day Jewish holiday begins at sundown on Wednesday. The next day is Thanksgiving. Hanukkah celebrates a great war between the Maccabees, a Jewish rebel army attempting to regain control of Judea, from the Greek-Syrians who denied the Jews the right to live full Jewish lives. Religious freedom Following the military victory, the temple in Jerusalem was rededicated ( hanukkah in Hebrew). A...
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