While the Maccabees, initially led by the patriarch Mattathias, ... Maccabees inspired modern day Israel. Family led revolt against Greece to win freedom . By. Bob Campbell - March 4, 2023.

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.

Maccabees, Mount and Modern Israel. InDepth; Op-Eds; Maccabees, Mount and Modern Israel. By. Michael Freund - 4 Tevet 5779 – December 12, 2018. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

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.

This past week, Jews around the world celebrated Hanukkah, the festival of lights. There is a special significance to this holiday and why I feel it lends itself to our local Napa Valley Jewish ...

A traditional Chanukah observance started in Israel today as runners carried torches from the gravesite of the Maccabees at Modin to Jerusalem and to the northern and southern regions of Israel.

Hanukkah (spelled various ways, Chanukah is also popular) is a holiday of history, legend, miracles and inspiration. In many ways, the modern state of Israel is a modern Maccabee. Let me explain ...

The area of ancient Modin, birthplace of the Maccabees, Israel’s liberator-kings, will be resettled and named for Itzhak Ben Zvi, Israel’s recently elected President, it was announced last ...

This is Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens’ depiction of Judah Maccabee’s triumph in the rebellion he led against the Seleucid Empire from 167-164 B.C. Rubens lived from 1577-1640.