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

The Maccabees fought a defensive war for religious freedom, while Hamas’s actions are rooted in an ideology that seeks the destruction of Israel and employs tactics condemned by international law.

Question: In Israel, many people and yeshivot light their ... “At the time of the Maccabees’ war against the rule of Greece in the Land, that is how most of the Jews regarded Yehuda.

1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books ... At the time of 1 Macc, the land of Israel was caught in the crossfire of the ancient Greek empires. 1 Macc begins with the death of Alexander ...

This year, the Jewish holiday of Tu BiShvat will fall on Wed, Feb 12, 2025 – Thu, Feb 13, 2025, both in Israel and Iowa alike ...

(credit: FLASH90) The Books of Maccabees did not make it into the Jewish canon and are not part of the Jewish Bible. The Zionist, modern State of Israel found and embraced the story of the ...