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 ...

The ten tribes of Israel disappeared altogether, yet the population of Judah, exiled to what is now ... The story of the Maccabee’n revolt against the Greeks (celebrated at Chanukah) (167-134 ...

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.

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 ...

Jannaeus was the great-nephew of Judah Maccabee and the great-grandson of Matthias, who led the 167 BCE revolt against Antiochus’s armies. Not many coins belonging to Jannaeus have been ...

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 ...

Wonder what Judah Maccabee would have had to say about that? Something must change regarding this issue. Friday night at 2:11 a.m., a very loud siren sounded, Houthis had fired an Iranian made ...

We’ve had Judah the Maccabee sky diving out of an airplane right into our public menorah lighting; helicopters dropping chocolate Hanukkah gelt (money) and dreidels in a cascade for children to ...