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BCE: “Simon the Hasmonean captured the citadel of Jerusalem and expelled its
Syrian garrison ad the Hellenized Jews” who had fought with them. Simon was the
last surviving Hasmonean brother. His
victories completed the fight beg…
I heard injustice cry from the trafficked woman who stood beside me at a train station in Asia, her pimp glaring from a few feet away. Everything within me wanted to grab her hand and rescue her. “Just grab her and run,” was all I could think. But our …
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