Thanksgiving and Chanukah

The gemara in Masechet Sanhedrin (94) states that Hashem was ready to appoint King Chizkiyahu as the Mashiach (messiah) and Sancherev (the general of the Babylonian [Assyrian] forces that put a siege around Jerusalem in that era) as Gog and Magog. However, subsequent to the miraculous defeat of the forces of Sancherev (Hashem caused the deaths of the soldiers in one night), Chizkiyahu did not sing in thanksgiving to Hashem. King David did not merit overt miracles; yet he sang and praised Hashem. If he was not appointed as Mashiach, certainly Chizkiyahu should not merit such an exalted status. A marvelous opportunity for the redemption was missed.
Read more: https://www.shaalvim.org/yeshiva/torah/view.asp?id=515

Seal of Biblical King Hezekiah Found in Jerusalem

The auction of a flag from an iconic ship that tried to take Jewish Holocaust survivors to what would later become Israel was cancelled Wednesday after it was bought by a public institution.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/auction-iconic-jewish-ships-flag-called-off-164815870.html

This Hanukkah, Michael Hochberg will be lighting the menorah with a Polish Catholic who pretended to be his big sister — and helped ensure his life was not extinguished during the Holocaust. Continue reading: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/jewish-man-reunited-polish-big-sister-who-saved-him-holocaust-n472236

ElderofZiyon wites, "Ben Norton at Salon wrote an incredibly one-sided anti-Israel piece about the partition of British Mandate Palestine."
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.be/2015/12/salons-hate-for-israel-shines-through.html#.Vl8sqXarTIU

There are some interesting comments posted under the Salon article.