Archaeologists discovered a 2,200-year-old pyramid structure in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea that featured stones weighing hundreds of pounds each. Early returns from excavations have already ...

He finished in Hebrew: “Chag Hanukkah Sameach.” Biden’s comments echoed a comparison between Zelensky and Judah Maccabee, the hero of the Hanukkah story, that emerged early on in Ukraine’s ...

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.

The name, Maccabee, means Hammer. Judah Maccabee led his brothers in many battles against the mighty Greeks. They wanted their freedom to worship how they had always done. The Greeks had many more ...

who Judah Maccabee defeated in 164 B.C., showed the longevity of the site, but Klein said there was no evidence hinting at why the building was vacated, although it collapsed at some point.