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As we come to the end of Chanukah, apart from the heroics, there is another side to the Hasmoneans I am not particularly proud of. To be specific, it is their propensity for forced circumcision and conversion. In those days, two and a half thousand years ago, victorious armies, in addition to massacring defeated people, sometimes…
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