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  • ARCADE FIRE killed it and was undoubtedly the highlight .. that said thought maccabees were good and on the festival republic stage harlem and funeral party were very good

    NME Features 2010

  • After making an ill-advised joke about the Special Olympics on a US talk show, President Obama began a damage limitation exercise before the programme even aired, it has emerged. maccabees 1 hour 48 minutes ago Rating:

    Disinfo.com davidagillespie 2009

  • The Department of Homeland Security is training teenage scouts how to conduct armed raids on terrorists and drug dealers. maccabees 1 hour 45 minutes ago Rating:

    Disinfo.com 2009

  • The Department of Homeland Security is training teenage scouts how to conduct armed raids on terrorists and drug dealers. maccabees 1 hour 45 minutes ago Rating:

    Disinfo.com 2009

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    Devra Maza: "The Shopping Maccabees: A Chanukah Miracle" 2009

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    Michael DeJong: Hanukkah: How to Celebrate (And Clean Up After) the Festival of Lights 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. living/blog; living = 1; nickname = eric-lurio; entry_id = 150902; chanukah = 1; chanukah-christmas = 1; christianity = 1; holidays = 1; israel = 1; judaism = 1; maccabees = 1; meaning-of-chanukah = 1; religion = 1; spirituality = 1",

    Eric Lurio: The Spirit of Chanukah 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. politics/blog; featured-posts = 1; politics = 1; nickname = rabbi-michael-lerner; entry_id = 392018; chanukah = 1; empire = 1; history = 1; imperialism = 1; jews = 1; maccabees = 1; religion = 1; religion-and-politics = 1; religion-and-science = 1; richard-dawkins = 1; science = 1",

    Rabbi Michael Lerner: Responding to Hitchens on Chanukah 2009

  • they both finnacialy and logisitcally supported terror...if not on US soil..on their own soil against civilians with opposing views. the maccabees may have been fundmaentalist..but i dont remeber a lot of killing of jews to sujugate the population?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » A Pet Peeve–DC Rabbis Blathering About Politics: 2007

  • the maccabees are not the taliban...they were a gurrila group of figherter that targeted the greek military....

    The Volokh Conspiracy » A Pet Peeve–DC Rabbis Blathering About Politics: 2007

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