As Dec. 25 marks the first day of the eight-day celebration of Hanukkah this year, and as a war continues to persist between ...

Has Russia’s Shadow Fleet, Built to Evade Sanctions, Engaged in Sabotage? Russia has assembled a fleet of hundreds of vessels to covertly ship its oil. The idea of using some to cause havoc may ...

This led to a revolt led by the Jewish priest Mattathias and his five sons, known as the Maccabees. Risha Raskin, 9, Brattleboro, Vt., and her bother Nochum, 4, sing a song before lighting a ...

This led to a revolt led by the Jewish priest Mattathias and his five sons, known as the Maccabees. The Seleucid Empire, one of the successor states of Alexander the Great’s empire, was vast and ...

The temple in Jerusalem was turned over to the worship of Zeus, which inspired a revolt, initially led by the Jewish priest Mattathias and his five sons. By 165 BCE this revolt, led by Mattathias ...

And the connection to Christmas? Well, had the family of Mattathias the Hasmonean not prevailed, that would have been the end of Judaism as we know it. Had the Hasmoneans suffered defeat ...