Haifa University team finds cache of 160 extremely rare coins - dated to 80/79 BCE, during the reign of Judah Maccabee's grand-nephew - near Alexandrion Fortress, north of Jericho ...

The Festival of Lights commemorates the victory of a group of Jewish warriors led by Judah Maccabee over the Greek Seleucid Empire. King Antiochus IV Epiphanes imposed harsh measures to enforce ...

But for the Christian tradition, the Books of Maccabees would be lost. Why? Judah Maccabee is every generation’s poster-boy for Reclaiming Zionism. The Maccabees enabled the Jews of ...

A descendent of Jewish royalty, King Jannaeus was the son of John Hyrcanus and grandson of Simon the Hasmonean (the brother of Judah Maccabee) and great grandson of Mattathias who led the revolt ...

A descendant of Jewish royalty, he was the son of John Hyrcanus, grandson of Simon the Hasmonean (the brother of Judah Maccabee), and great-grandson of Mattathias, who led the revolt against the ...

He was the son of Johanan Hyrcanus, [and] the grandson of Simon the Hasmonean (brother of Judah Maccabee),” the statement said, noting that the Alexandrion Fortress, near where the coins were ...

Rabbi Sydney tells them the story of Judah Maccabee, who was victorious against the invading Greek king, Antiochus, fighting for the right for the Jewish people to worship in the temple.

Celebrating Hanukkah in Israel this year carries profound significance as the nation grapples with the ongoing stress and trauma of war. The Festival of Lights commemorates the victory of a group ...

Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann, dressed as Judah the Maccabee, lights the Chanukah Menorah at Columbus, Ohio's 2024 public menorah lighting. (photo credit: Lorn Spolter) Each year, Chabad of Columbus does ...

was rededicated by Judah Maccabee, who led the insurgency begun by his father, the high priest Mattathias. According to the story of Hanukkah, Maccabee and his soldiers wanted to light the temple ...