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Mon Oct 3, 2022, 03:44 PM Oct 2022

(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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