A rare intact Hellenistic estate at Khirbet el-Eika in Eastern Galilee was likely abandoned by its inhabitant as Yonatan ...

Columnist Edmon J. Rodman figures even with two Judah Maccabee movies in production, there’s room for a third — and he’s just the guy to make it. LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Who would have ...

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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 ...

I t was Hanukkah; time again for Jewish boys and girls to hear the story of Judah Maccabee, warrior son of the aged priest Mattathias, who dared to lead his tiny band of fighting men against the ...

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 ...

After reclaiming the temple, Judah Maccabee led his followers to cleanse the Holy Temple and rebuild it. When Maccabee and the other Jewish people took part in the rededication of the temple ...

Judas leads the Jewish people in a series of ... though the dynasty was tarnished by ambition and human weakness. The Maccabees' incredible accomplishments set the stage for the messianic ...

After reclaiming the temple, Judah Maccabee led his followers to cleanse the Holy Temple and rebuild it. When Maccabee and the other Jewish people took part in the rededication of the temple ...

The name, Maccabee, means Hammer. Judah Maccabee led his brothers in many battles against the mighty Greeks. They wanted their freedom to worship how they had always done. The Greeks had many more ...