Sooo history -- clearing up a lot of ignorance part 2

So the Canaanites have reared their heads in current urban legends about the population of the Holy Land over time, and I posted some history.

You can see from that history that the Israelites did not wipe out the Canaanites. On the Fact-Checking thread, I specifically wrote about the old genocide urban legends. I've tweeted about it too.

What's more, we know there were Canaanites in the 1220s BCE, three centuries after the Israelites came to the Holy Land.

Now there are new urban legends that pull in the Canaanites. The fact is, they are still with us. The people of Lebanon have a Canaanite inheritance.

And lol and behold, it is the same J2 Y chromosome haplogroup found in many Jews. It originated in NE Anatolia during the Neolithic and domestication of wheat, wine grapes, and animals, close to the Caucasus. You know. Near Ararat. Genesis 10 in the Bible gets another confirmation. 

So a) the Israelites did NOT kill off all the Canaanites b) the Canaanites were known to the Egyptian New Kingdom as living in the Holy Land and c) the Canaanites had descendants who are still with us.

I'm just saying -- hand-wringing not accepted

I finally saw that stupid tweet that said "what are we supposed to do as American Jews in this situation".

I don't think that person understands Jewishness because the answer is obvious.

IT'S CHANUKKAH. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT CHANUKKAH IS IMPORTANT FOR. RISING UP AND SHOWING PEOPLE WE ARE HERE.

You don't need a fancy setup. Go to your grocery and buy enough packs of birthday candles to get you through, and some matches.

Wrap a box in aluminum foil.

Find a window that looks out onto the street, and into which people on the street can look.

Melt the bottom of a candle enough for it to stand upright on the foil.

LIGHT ONE CANDLE AND USE IT TO LIGHT THAT DAMNED STANDING CANDLE AND PUT IT IN THE WINDOW WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT AS IT BURNS

The proper place for Chanukkah candle lighting is in the home. We all of us need to stand up and be counted. That is what Chanukkah is about. Not hand-wringing. Not hiding. 

And then play this, standing up while you listen to the anthem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-y12LJlFkU

Here you'll find instructions on what to do after tonight.

https://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/102911/jewish/What-Is-Hanukkah.htm