While Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of oil that lasted for eight days, it also celebrates the miraculous victory of a small rag-tag group of Jews, known as the Maccabees, over a much more ...

This too was the approach of the Maccabees. They saw a need and it was they who responded. They organized the defenses. They crafted battle plans. They defeated the mighty Greeks and restored the ...

If one jar of oil could burn throughout eight nights as the Maccabees reclaimed their desecrated temple, there is hope for peace in Israel. There is hope for peace in the hearts of people around ...

Celebrate Chanukah by planning eight festive nights with family and friends. To keep everyone entertained, the Columbus Jewish News has curated a list of eight free apps – one for each night of the ...

Indeed, Maccabees 1 and 2 are hyper-nationalistic texts, principally concerned with the patriarch Mattathias and his five sons, who rose against Antiochus, the Hellenic king who desecrated the ...

A young girl lighting the Hanukkah candles with a soldier from the Jewish Brigade, whose members had just liberated Europe at the end of World War II. Jerusalem, 1945. The Keren Kayemeth Le ...

“Today we are lighting the first candle of Chanukah to mark the victory of the Maccabees then, and also the victory of the Maccabees of today,” said Netanyahu. “Like then, we are striking at ...

This year saw The Maccabees make their fans very happy when they announced their reunion and plans to headline All Points East 2025. They've jumped tackled a host of popular tracks throughout the ...

Some Jews were even massacred. A Jewish rebellion was led by the Maccabees to drive out the Greeks and their Jewish sympathizers. After three years of war, the Jewish rebels were victorious and ...

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