The games were named after Judah Maccabee, who battled the forced assimilation by the Greek-Syrian kingdom that ruled Palestine during the 2nd century B.C.E. The physical prowess of the ancient ...

Mattathias soon dies, but appoints his son, Judas Maccabeus, to take command of the military forces they have gathered (2:66). Judas leads the Jewish people in a series of astounding victories ...

led by Judah Maccabee. Alongside dynastic and economic motivations for the Judean civil war, in other words, there was a battle over communal particularism – and, more specifically, whether the ...

A new picture book is telling the story of a young girl who takes her Jewish faith into her own hands, one swing of a plastic white ball at a time. Ping-Pong Shabbat recounts the true story of ...

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.

In 2012 screenwriter Joe Eszterhas accused the actor of using it while they were working on a film about Jewish hero Judah Maccabee. Gibson, who made widely documented anti-Semitic comments when ...

Commissioned to honor congregants who fought in World War II, the 15 windows include the names of fallen soldiers and showcase the biblical figures Judah Maccabee, Samson and Gideon, resplendent ...

Mel Gibson’s work on a movie about the life of Judah Maccabee, the Jewish warrior whose victory is celebrated during Hanukkah, has drawn criticism from Jewish leaders. A New Yorker article ...

In Midwood, one family with a decades-long tradition of decorating their house for Hanukkah brings joy and magic to the holiday. (New York Jewish Week) — Hanukkah, the winter holiday that ...

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.