Word: antiochus
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...have to forego lighted Advent wreaths. Admittedly, that's annoying for them, but how many were actually planning to have Advent wreaths anyway? In contrast, the menorah is a necessary possession of practicing Jews. When Hannukah originated over 2,100 years ago, the Israelites miraculously annihilated the armies of Antiochus and then miraculously had enough pure oil to keep the menorah in the otherwise destroyed Temple burning for eight days. Jews have been kindling menorahs at Hannukah for centuries and centuries. Traditional Jewish law even commands us to do it--most preferably in the place where we live...
...emerge. Roiff's comic ability, whether manifested as a fisherman's deadpan pragmatism or as the mesmerizingly over-the-top camp of the bawdy-house, continually brightens the stage. And Kate Taylor '00, who for the first half has nothing to do but to stand on stage as Antiochus's Daughter and crumple her face in disdain, emerges unexpectedly in the second half as a coldly terrifying Dionyza, the evil queen of Tarsus who plots the murder of our heroine Marina. (Taylor's final appearance, as the goddess Diana in an extraordinary strip tease scene, was equally impressive. But, unfortunately...
...holiday is also a celebration of a military victory over the repressive King Antiochus and Assyrian Greeks. In today's age of political correctness, any military victory is supposed to be recognized as oppression of some other group. We learned that with Thanksgiving. The PC police should clue in immediately on Chanukah...
...course, Antiochus started the fight in the first place; he's the bad guy. But that doesn't really matter. In today's warped discourse, we might just be ready for a "Dances with Antiochus," a PC re-telling of the 2000-year-old story...