While Shavuot is primarily known today for commemorating the giving of the Torah at Sinai, this aspect of the holiday is only ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christy Cobb, University of Denver (THE CONVERSATION) Of Jesus’ 12 disciples, Saint ...

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival celebrating the reconsecration of the Jerusalem temple. The holiday's focus has shifted over time from a military victory to the miracle of oil lasting for ...

New archaeological finds in the hills south of Jerusalem may offer the first material evidence from one of Judah Maccabee’s battles, The Press Service of Israel has learned, as the Hanukkah holiday ...

If you’re feeling an eerie chill in the air, hearing whispers from the graveyard and see flickering candles over skulls — that is the essence of the word “macabre.” “Macabre” carries centuries of ...

What do we celebrate on Hanukkah? After quickly mentioning the miraculous jar of temple oil that burned for eight days, many sources will tell you it’s about the unlikely triumph of the Maccabees, who ...

Every few years, I feel compelled to point out that American Jews, experiencing Christmas envy, turned one of the most dynamic and relevant stories of the Jewish tradition into one of the most tedious ...

In a speech that went viral on social media and that now has over half-a-million views on YouTube, the commander of the IDF’s Unit 7007 addressed his soldiers in a pre-Shabbat message as they prepared ...

After a few years of sitting unused, a new owner is on the books for Port Huron’s historical Ladies of the Maccabees building perched north of downtown, and later this summer, it’ll hit the auction ...

Many Jews this year are struggling with how to celebrate Chanukah—whether because our joy has been tempered by the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7, the continued ...