The Maccabees have sparked Glastonbury reunion rumours eight years after their initial split. The Maccabees confirmed in 2024 that they will finally reunite for a headline performance at a popular UK ...

The festival of Chanukah commemorates the Maccabees’ victory over the Syrian tyrant Antiochus IV, who had conquered Jerusalem ...

Bordering on the “sacrilegious,” she suggested that what the IDF has accomplished over the past year actually surpasses ...

The Maccabees fought for the value of Jewish distinctiveness, the right to live according to commandments that the prevailing Greek authorities viewed as backward. They viewed dietary laws, ...

The first night of Hanukkah was a joyous one in Brooklyn, as hundreds of people from all over the country gathered to light ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each ...

This Jewish holiday, also known as the festival of lights, celebrates the Maccabean revolt against the Syrian-Greek army. The Maccabees, an army of Jewish rebels, conquered the Syrian-Greeks who ...

The Story of Chanukah, or one of them, anyway… In the 2nd century BCE—BCE standing for Before the Common Era, which Christians call BC or before Christ—there was a meteoric rise of a small Jewish ...

From this perspective, the Menorah functions as a reminder of the Temple. As they left behind the ruins of the Temple, Jews ...

Members of the Westfield community joined together on Sunday, Dec. 29 for the Community Menorah Lighting at the Elm Street ...