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Article: The faith that links Thanksgiving and Chanukah

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November 28, 1996
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Jeff Jacoby is a Globe columnist. A previous version of this column appeared in 1994.

For those with the good fortune to be both American and Jewish, not one but two holidays are at hand. As the grace of Thanksgiving fills the land, Chanukah waits in the wings. The menorah's first flame, ushering in the eight-day festival, will be lit one week from tonight.

Too bad Chanukah and Thanksgiving aren't this close every year. Though they commemorate events nearly 1,800 years apart, the two holidays resonate deeply. It is worth reflecting for a moment on just how much they have in common. Chanukah celebrates the Jewish victory over the Syrian-Greek tyrant Antiochus IV, who sought to impose his ...

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