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(Jewish Group) "They hated us. They tried to kill us"....An old joke becomes a Yom Kippur message
It is time for me to tell you – or re-tell you – one of the oldest Jewish jokes in the world.
The definition of a Jewish holiday: They hated us; they tried to kill us; we won; let’s eat.
The joke is partially accurate. For, in fact, many Jewish holidays do follow that theme. Hanukkah, Purim, Pesach – that is, essentially, what they are about.
But, then there are the holidays that, tragically, represent the failure of this model.
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