He finished in Hebrew: “Chag Hanukkah Sameach.” Biden’s comments echoed a comparison between Zelensky and Judah Maccabee, the hero of the Hanukkah story, that emerged early on in Ukraine’s ...
A small, poorly armed band of Jews, led by Judah the Maccabee, drove out the Greeks, reclaiming the Holy Temple in Jerusalem for the Jews. When it came time to light the temple's menorah ...
Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, when, according to Jewish tradition, Judas Maccabee (Judah) cleansed the Second Temple in 164 BCE by removing all statues of Greek ...