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.

After a three-year fight, the Maccabees liberated the temple—and won the Jewish people the right to practice their religion. Scholars believe the first Hanukkah celebration was actually a ...

It’s another March Madness run for the Yeshiva University Maccabees, which clinched the Skyline Conference championship on Sunday night to head to the national men’s basketball tournament.