Did you know the City of #Jerusalem was liberated on the Eve of Hanukkah, not only by the Maccabees, but by the British Army under Gen. Allenby in 1917.
The conditions of the Jews were terrible. Read what Hemdah Ben-Yehuda wrote:
But it was to be the day of Deliverance. After years of famine, persecution, disease, and arrest, Hemdah Ben-Yehuda wrote:
Even British Gen. Allenby understood the religious significance. This is a British report attributed to Allenby:
Read the full account on the plight of the Jews of Jerusalem during World War I here:
In Photos: The Story of the Liberation of Jerusalem a Century Ago -- Mosaic Magazine
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