fr like woke 1.0 was women's suffrage!!! or the civil war or smth!!! woke 1.0 was the maccabean revolt in 167 BC!!!!
July 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
fr like woke 1.0 was women's suffrage!!! or the civil war or smth!!! woke 1.0 was the maccabean revolt in 167 BC!!!!
I'm not religious but personally I prefer the whole "God helps those who help themselves" approach. And I'd sure be grateful if leading Democrats like @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social were less "this too shall pass" and more David fighting Goliath or Maccabean revolt.
January 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm not religious but personally I prefer the whole "God helps those who help themselves" approach. And I'd sure be grateful if leading Democrats like @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social were less "this too shall pass" and more David fighting Goliath or Maccabean revolt.
Western civilization guys always elide over the fact that the traditions of “Athens and Jerusalem” (even going by the most broad definitions) hated each other for hundreds of years.
The literature of the Maccabean revolt tells you all you need to know about Jewish opinions on Hellenism
The literature of the Maccabean revolt tells you all you need to know about Jewish opinions on Hellenism
Hegseth: "We need students of western civilization and the pillars of our republic. Leaders who understand the faith of Jerusalem, the philosophy of anthems -- Athens. The power of Rome, and the freedom of Philadelphia circa 1776."
September 30, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Western civilization guys always elide over the fact that the traditions of “Athens and Jerusalem” (even going by the most broad definitions) hated each other for hundreds of years.
The literature of the Maccabean revolt tells you all you need to know about Jewish opinions on Hellenism
The literature of the Maccabean revolt tells you all you need to know about Jewish opinions on Hellenism
Jerry Nadler: "Benjamin Netanyahu is the worst leader in Jewish history since the Maccabean king who invited the Romans into Jerusalem over 2100 years ago." (but he's attending the speech)
Nadler on PM Netanyahu Joint Address
nadler.house.gov
July 23, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Jerry Nadler: "Benjamin Netanyahu is the worst leader in Jewish history since the Maccabean king who invited the Romans into Jerusalem over 2100 years ago." (but he's attending the speech)
——The Maccabean Watershed ——
Part 1
The Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in world history.
It was the catalyst for the emergence of Judaism, and consequently for the birth of Christianity and Islam.
In the advent to Hannukah and Christmas, I will post a full series on this.
🧵1/10
Part 1
The Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in world history.
It was the catalyst for the emergence of Judaism, and consequently for the birth of Christianity and Islam.
In the advent to Hannukah and Christmas, I will post a full series on this.
🧵1/10
December 2, 2024 at 8:37 PM
——The Maccabean Watershed ——
Part 1
The Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in world history.
It was the catalyst for the emergence of Judaism, and consequently for the birth of Christianity and Islam.
In the advent to Hannukah and Christmas, I will post a full series on this.
🧵1/10
Part 1
The Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in world history.
It was the catalyst for the emergence of Judaism, and consequently for the birth of Christianity and Islam.
In the advent to Hannukah and Christmas, I will post a full series on this.
🧵1/10
The game that throws you back in time to the Maccabean Revolt wearing Greek gym clothes
On fire: Jewmanji
April 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
The game that throws you back in time to the Maccabean Revolt wearing Greek gym clothes
Don't be shy, Jerry, tell us what you really think of Bibi.
July 23, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Don't be shy, Jerry, tell us what you really think of Bibi.
Just found that article circulating about how Hanukah is actually about peace and gentleness and has nothing to do with the Maccabean revolt.
December 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Just found that article circulating about how Hanukah is actually about peace and gentleness and has nothing to do with the Maccabean revolt.
tonight is a big day for people who like to say both "um ACTUALLY the nativity stories are fake and if you read them they're very obviously two entirely different stories" and "um ACTUALLY the maccabean revolt was an internal jewish dispute that collided catastrophically w/seleucid politics"
December 26, 2024 at 12:59 AM
tonight is a big day for people who like to say both "um ACTUALLY the nativity stories are fake and if you read them they're very obviously two entirely different stories" and "um ACTUALLY the maccabean revolt was an internal jewish dispute that collided catastrophically w/seleucid politics"
Try to square *that* with all the Trad Maccabean LARPing
August 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Try to square *that* with all the Trad Maccabean LARPing
And then there's the Maccabean Revolt.
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
And then there's the Maccabean Revolt.
I would watch a Hallmark movie set during the Maccabean Revolt.
November 4, 2024 at 1:39 PM
I would watch a Hallmark movie set during the Maccabean Revolt.
——The Maccabean Watershed ——
Part 4
Jerusalem and the Temple
Following the Maccabean revolt, Jerusalem underwent a seismic shift.
From a small town, with a few hundred residents, it became THE metropolis of the Jewish people in their homeland and throughout their diaspora.
🧵1/11
Part 4
Jerusalem and the Temple
Following the Maccabean revolt, Jerusalem underwent a seismic shift.
From a small town, with a few hundred residents, it became THE metropolis of the Jewish people in their homeland and throughout their diaspora.
🧵1/11
——The Maccabean Watershed ——
Part 1
The Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in world history.
It was the catalyst for the emergence of Judaism, and consequently for the birth of Christianity and Islam.
In the advent to Hannukah and Christmas, I will post a full series on this.
🧵1/10
Part 1
The Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in world history.
It was the catalyst for the emergence of Judaism, and consequently for the birth of Christianity and Islam.
In the advent to Hannukah and Christmas, I will post a full series on this.
🧵1/10
December 28, 2024 at 4:32 PM
——The Maccabean Watershed ——
Part 4
Jerusalem and the Temple
Following the Maccabean revolt, Jerusalem underwent a seismic shift.
From a small town, with a few hundred residents, it became THE metropolis of the Jewish people in their homeland and throughout their diaspora.
🧵1/11
Part 4
Jerusalem and the Temple
Following the Maccabean revolt, Jerusalem underwent a seismic shift.
From a small town, with a few hundred residents, it became THE metropolis of the Jewish people in their homeland and throughout their diaspora.
🧵1/11
It's Hannukah soon! The Holiday where we light the Hannukiah in celebration of the Maccabean Revolt 🕎🕯️
This was Hannukah in a Jewish-Hollandic camp exactly 82 years ago - most of them died in the Holocaust
82 years later, and history repeats itself - we learnt nothing.
This was Hannukah in a Jewish-Hollandic camp exactly 82 years ago - most of them died in the Holocaust
82 years later, and history repeats itself - we learnt nothing.
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's Hannukah soon! The Holiday where we light the Hannukiah in celebration of the Maccabean Revolt 🕎🕯️
This was Hannukah in a Jewish-Hollandic camp exactly 82 years ago - most of them died in the Holocaust
82 years later, and history repeats itself - we learnt nothing.
This was Hannukah in a Jewish-Hollandic camp exactly 82 years ago - most of them died in the Holocaust
82 years later, and history repeats itself - we learnt nothing.
I will also accept Predator vs the Maccabean revolt, where Judah is just obsessively trying to circumcise the predator.
July 19, 2024 at 8:04 PM
I will also accept Predator vs the Maccabean revolt, where Judah is just obsessively trying to circumcise the predator.
More MAGA antisemitism: "Military commander forbids “woke” Hanukkah decorations, claims Maccabean Revolt happened after Jesus"
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Military commander forbids “woke” Hanukkah decorations, claims Maccabean Revolt happened after Jesus
Why is it always the most vociferous proselytizers of the Christian religion who seem to be the most thoroughly ignorant of what’s actually in that Bible that they thump. Last week, a Jewish active du...
www.dailykos.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
More MAGA antisemitism: "Military commander forbids “woke” Hanukkah decorations, claims Maccabean Revolt happened after Jesus"
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
THE FINAL NIGHT!
As we wind down this celebration of the successful Maccabean revolt for Jewish self determination and LITERAL EXISTENCE, I dedicate these lights to shalom/שלום/peace.
This must be the ultimate goal. Peace for all, and lives well lived.
HAPPY HANUKKAH!
CHAG CHANUKAH SEMEACH!
🔥🕎🔥
As we wind down this celebration of the successful Maccabean revolt for Jewish self determination and LITERAL EXISTENCE, I dedicate these lights to shalom/שלום/peace.
This must be the ultimate goal. Peace for all, and lives well lived.
HAPPY HANUKKAH!
CHAG CHANUKAH SEMEACH!
🔥🕎🔥
January 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
THE FINAL NIGHT!
As we wind down this celebration of the successful Maccabean revolt for Jewish self determination and LITERAL EXISTENCE, I dedicate these lights to shalom/שלום/peace.
This must be the ultimate goal. Peace for all, and lives well lived.
HAPPY HANUKKAH!
CHAG CHANUKAH SEMEACH!
🔥🕎🔥
As we wind down this celebration of the successful Maccabean revolt for Jewish self determination and LITERAL EXISTENCE, I dedicate these lights to shalom/שלום/peace.
This must be the ultimate goal. Peace for all, and lives well lived.
HAPPY HANUKKAH!
CHAG CHANUKAH SEMEACH!
🔥🕎🔥
Just finished this latest (2024) book by Prof. Reinhard Kratz, which dovetails extraordinarily well with my own work (as he kindly notes).
He makes the argument that the Maccabean revolt was not the result of any putative decrees by Antiochus IV against Torah observance.
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He makes the argument that the Maccabean revolt was not the result of any putative decrees by Antiochus IV against Torah observance.
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April 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Just finished this latest (2024) book by Prof. Reinhard Kratz, which dovetails extraordinarily well with my own work (as he kindly notes).
He makes the argument that the Maccabean revolt was not the result of any putative decrees by Antiochus IV against Torah observance.
🧵1/4
He makes the argument that the Maccabean revolt was not the result of any putative decrees by Antiochus IV against Torah observance.
🧵1/4
This passage in Daniel refers to events which happened almost 2,200 years ago. The horned beast was the warring empires of Egypt & Syria after the death of Alexander the Great. Daniel's "prophecy" describes the rise of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV & the Maccabean War. Hope this helps.
November 20, 2024 at 5:47 PM
This passage in Daniel refers to events which happened almost 2,200 years ago. The horned beast was the warring empires of Egypt & Syria after the death of Alexander the Great. Daniel's "prophecy" describes the rise of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV & the Maccabean War. Hope this helps.
——The Maccabean Watershed ——
Part 2
In my previous post, I began to lay out my argument for why I think the Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in history.
I began there with administration.
We continue here with Judeans’ adoption of Greek cultural elements.
Hold on tight!
🧵1/15
Part 2
In my previous post, I began to lay out my argument for why I think the Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in history.
I began there with administration.
We continue here with Judeans’ adoption of Greek cultural elements.
Hold on tight!
🧵1/15
——The Maccabean Watershed ——
Part 1
The Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in world history.
It was the catalyst for the emergence of Judaism, and consequently for the birth of Christianity and Islam.
In the advent to Hannukah and Christmas, I will post a full series on this.
🧵1/10
Part 1
The Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in world history.
It was the catalyst for the emergence of Judaism, and consequently for the birth of Christianity and Islam.
In the advent to Hannukah and Christmas, I will post a full series on this.
🧵1/10
December 10, 2024 at 8:17 PM
——The Maccabean Watershed ——
Part 2
In my previous post, I began to lay out my argument for why I think the Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in history.
I began there with administration.
We continue here with Judeans’ adoption of Greek cultural elements.
Hold on tight!
🧵1/15
Part 2
In my previous post, I began to lay out my argument for why I think the Maccabean revolt marks a watershed in history.
I began there with administration.
We continue here with Judeans’ adoption of Greek cultural elements.
Hold on tight!
🧵1/15
To celebrate Chanukah I’m making a gingerbread restoration of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire
December 19, 2024 at 5:16 PM
To celebrate Chanukah I’m making a gingerbread restoration of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire
I needed to work up to the punchline somehow, and in the Maccabean tradition, I let the elephant have it
October 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I needed to work up to the punchline somehow, and in the Maccabean tradition, I let the elephant have it