"The #Hanukkahmiracle sparked a century of #Jewish sovereignty—and a #princess whose marriage to #Herod turned glory into tragedy. #Miriam’s life is the #Hasmonean dynasty’s final flame.
When we think of Hanukkah, we picture the triumphant highlights: #Judah the #Maccabee’s victories, the rededication of the #Temple, the miracle of the oil. But #Hanukkah wasn’t the end of the story. What followed was a turbulent century of #guerrillawarfare and political intrigue, foreign alliances and hard-won conquests, as the Hasmonean family forged a #Jewishstate in the Land of Israel. For the first time since the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the Jewish people regained sovereignty."
I'm pretty sure the last Jewish Princess was actually Judy Benjamin.
![immigration to Israel [-Palestine]
Annual totals since 1948 show a peak at 240,000 persons entering in 1949 and show a peak at 200,000 persons entering in 1990.
(People emigrating are not envisaged.)](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/114/686/902/436/410/136/original/ab77e58edbb9b466.png)
