NEW YORK (JTA) — In 165 BCE, a group of warriors led by Judah Maccabee and his band of brothers ushered in a new era in Jewish history when they routed the soldiers of the Greek-Syrian empire and ...
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Each year, when Hanukkah rolls around, I feel a certain sense of unease. Hmmm. A battle between Jewish zealots and Jews who wanted to partake of the richness of the Greek world around them. I have a ...
Over Shabbos I dusted off my ancient copy of ArtScroll’s Chanukah: Its History, Observance and Significance – A Presentation based upon Talmudic and Traditional Sources, written by Rabbi Hersh ...
This coming Monday, we will begin the new month of Kislev, which means it’s Hanukkah time once again. The story of Hanukkah is well known to every Jew from kindergarten onward, the story of the ...
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