(RNS) — Hanukkah, which began Sunday, commemorates the heroic resistance of a group of Jewish rebels called the Maccabees to the Syrian Greek Emperor Antiochus IV in 167 B.C.E.

Later, the early Zionists reclaimed the Maccabees as exemplars of Jewish political and military power, as the founders of the last instance of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel.

Jesus, having been born into a Jewish family more than a century after the events described in 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees, would have celebrated Hanukkah along with his fellow Jews in the first ...

In modern times, the holiday has celebrated the miracle of the temple’s rededication, while downplaying the Maccabees’ struggle for Jewish independence and religious freedom.

A new archaeological find in Israel attests to events described in the ancient Book of Maccabees, found in the Old Testament of some Bibles. A team of excavators from the Israel Antiquities ...

Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, celebrates the victory of the Jewish Maccabees over Syria's brutally repressive Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century. As the story goes, ...

As the story goes, the Jewish Maccabees reentered the temple and found only a tiny bit of oil—barely enough to burn their lamps for one day. Instead, the oil burned for eight days—a Hanukkah ...

The Chabad Jewish Center of Clark County hosted Thursday evening’s Hanukkah celebration in downtown Vancouver’s Esther Short Park. The event included a menorah-lighting ceremony.

Hanukkah is nearly upon us.. The Jewish holiday runs for a little over a week and usually falls in late November or mid-December. This is what you should know. When is Hanukkah 2023?

Oldest Jewish university in US 'rebounds' after October 7 tragedy with resilient men's basketball ... the Maccabees were preparing for yet another run for glory in the NCAA Division III tournament.

Shaken by War, a Jewish College’s Soccer Team Finds Solace on the Field The men’s soccer team at Yeshiva University was having a strong season, maybe its best ever. Then came the news from Israel.