The story of the dragon is attached to George fairly late. It first appears in a prologue added in the 12th century to the ...

It naturally follows that just as all Jews are obligated to make Aliyah they are obligated to fight in Israel’s wars. As an outcome of this, if only the religious Jews remaining in the Diaspora made ...

(JTA) — Yeshiva University’s March Madness run has once again ended after just one game. The Maccabees fell in the first round of the NCAA DIII men’s basketball tournament to the Tufts ...

Israel’s diaspora minister urged a 'full-scale war' on antisemitism, not just diplomacy, at a tense conference marked by ...

For centuries, the people of Judaea had seen many foreign dynasts claim hegemony over them; the Greeks were but the latest.

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An A-Z of London things lost since the Millennium. Change is inevitable, except from parking meters. And change comes ...

Just a moment ago, I was in Krakow, surrounded by men in suits singing Eshet Chayil, the soft glow of Shabbat candles filling the hotel lobby. Now, I’m in the New York Public Library, staring at ...

The Semitic identification of Danaos, and the sea-connection of the Danites, prevent us from brushing aside the traditions of I Maccabees and Josephus as foundationless.

1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. 2 Macc is not a sequel to 1 Macc. In fact, 2 Macc tells many of the same stories from a slightly different perspective than 1 Macc.