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Display at London’s Wiener Holocaust Library from December 8 reveals often underestimate rescue efforts and armed uprisings, as Jews fought back against their persecutors ...

As in the striking image of the ancient menorah uncovered by the modern IDF soldier, this is our moment; now is our time to rise and be the modern-day Maccabees. — Rabbi Dovid Vigler ...

In this article, I nicknamed the IDF the “modern Maccabees” fighting the likes of Israel’s ancient enemy pagan King Antiochus IV, the 20th century’s Hitler, and now Hamas, the new Nazis.

Jerusalem Post Opinion Modern-day Maccabees: A mother's musings on IDF reservists - opinion For the IDF reservists, these aren’t just empty words. It is their mission and their calling. By ...

Showing gratitude to the IDF, the modern-day Maccabees Israel’s very existence is itself a contemporary miracle, yet much of the world doesn’t seem to appreciate how precarious that survival ...

Let us remember the Maccabees' heroism and of our incredible IDF soldiers, but also the quiet heroism of Rabbi Mordechai Ya’akov Golinkin, of Liran, Anat, Yahaloma, and thousands of others ...

The Maccabees would’ve hated modern Hanukkah traditions. Maybe that’s not a bad thing, explains Alana Vincent.

As we celebrate over Hanukkah’s eight days the valor of those who rose to resist villainy - in those days and in our time - we mark the words of Maccabees both ancient and modern.

At the same time, as both ancient and modern rabbis have understood, one cannot write the Maccabees, the military battle, or the Hasmonean dynasty entirely out of the Chanukah story.

Let us remember the Maccabees' heroism and of our incredible IDF soldiers, but also the quiet heroism of Rabbi Mordechai Ya’akov Golinkin, of Liran, Anat, Yahaloma, and thousands of others ...