Who guarantees our safety, security, freedom and continued independence today? None other than this generation’s Maccabees, ...

We asked a rabbi to explain what Hanukkah colors are and how they became part of the modern holiday tradition The tradition ...

Hanukkah commemorates the victory in 164 B.C. of a group of Jewish people (the Maccabees) over the Syrian Greeks, who had been occupying the Land of Israel since before 167 B.C. Not only had the ...

1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books ... and rededication of the Temple is the basis for the Jewish feast of Hanukkah. After more victories, Judas dies in battle and is succeeded ...

Greenberg then spoke of the origin of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights: More than 2,000 years ago, the Maccabees, Jewish rebels, freed their homeland from the Syrians and restored the Temple ...

Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday lasting for eight ... Jacobson said in Jewish history, a small group called the Maccabees fought to reclaim the temple and rededicated it to be used for proper Jewish ...

At Hanukkah, Jews light menorahs for eight days to recall the defeat by the Maccabees of Syrian tyrants in the second century BCE. According to legend, when the Maccabees reclaimed the Temple, the ...

Advent anticipates the coming again to earth of Jesus Christ. Hanukkah is an eight-day celebration during which Jews commemorate the victory of the Maccabees over the armies of Syria in 165 B.C.E. and ...

Adams’ campaign attorney, Vito Pitta, confirmed to Politico that the mayor is gathering signatures for two new ballot lines: ...

Now, The Maccabees have added a trio of UK and Ireland shows to their 2025 live schedule in the run-up to All Points East. They’ll take to the stage at the Academy in Dublin on August 17 before ...