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Jews all over the world celebrate Hanukkah the festival of lights for eight days It was instituted by Judah Maccabees and his followers Hanukkah commemorates spiritual independence over despotism ligh ...

COMMENTARY: The Latin term means doing what is needed, regardless of discomfort, tiredness, ingratitude or fear — and giving ...

In this column, I have been setting the stage for a look at how Jesus’ life itself was a social and political movement.

Praying for the dead is quite biblical. In the Book of Maccabees found in the Catholic and Orthodox Old Testament, Judas Maccabees took a collection for a sin offering for his men who died in ...

"Judas Maccabaeus," which the Oratorio Society ... who took the plot and incidents from the first book of the Maccabees and Book XII. of Josephus's “Antiquities of the Jews.” ...

The Maccabees have announced plans for an intimate charity concert in London ahead of their forthcoming UK and Ireland shows. READ MORE: Inside The Maccabees’ reunion rehearsals: “It’s as ...