Archaeologists uncover 160 ancient Hasmonean-era coins, shedding light on Jewish history and tradition.

This question, of the conflict between the power of a group (nation) and that of the individual belonging to it, has been much in the minds of many Israelis – and of Jews all over the world – for the ...

Del Norte and Curry counties don’t have a large Jewish Community but residents of both Brookings and Crescent City were on ...

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, ...

Significantly, his lineage includes Judah Maccabee, who led the Maccabean revolt that cleansed the Temple of Jerusalem and established Hanukkah. This remarkable collection of coins provides ...

Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is a holiday that commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem following the Maccabean Revolt against the mighty Greek-Syrian ...

"We will be standing our candidates in the May 2025 Local Elections and will campaign for every vote, in every street, in every town," the group warned. Responding to the Broxtowe revolt, the local ...

Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday, commemorates the Maccabean Revolt, where Jewish warriors defeated the Seleucid Empire in 165 BC. The Israeli hostage families condemned Netanyahu in a statement ...

Unknown people threw a Molotov cocktail at the door of a synagogue in downtown Mykolaiv on the New Year's Eve, the regional Police Department wrote on Facebook on Dec. 31. The fire was extinguished by ...

In the climax of Chanukah, the Maccabean revolt by a devout family, not only liberated Jerusalem, but relit the menorah with the last remaining pure oil that, despite being only sufficient for one ...

having seen the devastating effects of the Bar Kochba revolt against the Roman empire in 132 CE. They were particularly mindful that the independent Jewish commonwealth founded in the wake of the ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...