This September he formed the Tucson Maccabees soccer club, choosing a name that generations of Jewish athletes have played under in soccer and a variety of sports. Playing its first season this fall, ...

We are here today, in fact, the entire western world from the Americas to Europe, to Africa and the Mideast and even far east Asia, thanks to the vision and heroism of the Maccabee warriors of old ...

In 167 B.C.E., the Syrian-Greek King Antiochus Epiphanes (which means “glorious ... Why do we celebrate the holiday? According to Maccabees 4:59, “Then Judah and his brothers and the entire assembly ...

History of Hanukkah The background to Hanukkah lies in the second century BC when a Greek army led by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes (who ruled 175 to 164 BC) marched into Jerusalem (2 Maccabees 5:11–14) ...

Antiochus was a cultural imperialist, which is bad enough. The IDF’s enemies are genocidal, which is even worse. In addition, the Maccabees’ campaign against the Seleucid Empire was regional.

Stay up to date with current issues, Holy Spirit news, Christian teachings, Charisma videos & more! Cahn points out that the ancient ruler, Antiochus, had a vehement hatred toward the Jewish people.

However, that all changed later in the second century BCE. Antiochus IV Epiphanus came to the throne in 175 BCE. At first, everything was normal between this new Greek ruler and the Israelites.

SHINHAN CARD A BIG CROWD TONIGHT AT PENN SQUARE. LANCASTER CITY TO LIGHT THE SECOND OF EIGHT CANDLES FOR HANUKKAH. THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATES THE VICTORY OF THE MACCABEES OVER THE SYRIANS AND THE ...

The Scroll of Antiochus was written to describe what ... claimed the Scroll was composed by the Maccabees, whose story is told in the Scroll, a couple of centuries before the common era.

Antiochus’s empire had taken control of Judea ... political maneuvering than bringing their people home. TOMB OF the Maccabees near present-day Mevo Modi’im. (credit: Wikimedia Commons ...

The Scroll of Antiochus is an example ... claimed the Scroll was composed by the Maccabees, whose story is told in the Scroll, a couple of centuries before the common era. Scholars reject his ...

The holiday commemorates the Maccabees and their victory over the Greek king Antiochus. On this day, they celebrate "the weak over the mighty" and "light over darkness." "The message of Hanukkah ...