“At the time of the Maccabees’ war against the rule of Greece in the Land, that is how most of the Jews regarded Yehuda. At the beginning of the rebellion, only a handful followed hi ...

This Chanukah I join Jews around the world in celebrating Israel’s recent military victories, that parallel the holiday’s commemoration of the Maccabees’ triumphant war against the powerful ...

For decades, Assad crushed dissent, committed atrocities, and fueled a civil war. His removal feels like a moment of light breaking through darkness, much like the Maccabees’s victory over their ...

The Maccabees fought a defensive war for religious freedom, while Hamas’s actions are rooted in an ideology that seeks the destruction of Israel and employs tactics condemned by international law.

I’ve often described the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces as “modern-day Maccabees,” invoking the larger-than-life image of the Chanukah superheroes as a way to compliment today’s ...

“The war of the Maccabees is the symbol of the victory of the weak over the powerful, of the few over the many, of the light over darkness and overall of the truth over untruth ...

Hanukkah, the holiday that combines a celebration of victory in war with that of lights that ... time to celebrate with these modern-day IDF Maccabees. To focus on the light that showed them ...