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The Brummie stars have announced The Ballad Of Judas Priest – produced by Iron Maiden, Rush and ZZ Top collaborators Banger ...

In my 30-plus years of facilitating public Hanukkah menorah lightings in Columbus, Ohio, I have seen their impact on people from all backgrounds and levels of religious observance.

He was the son of Johanan Hyrcanus, [and] the grandson of Simon the Hasmonean (brother of Judah Maccabee),” the statement said, noting that the Alexandrion Fortress, near where the coins were ...

Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, when, according to Jewish tradition, Judas Maccabee (Judah) cleansed the Second Temple in 164 BCE by removing all statues of Greek ...

The family was the Hasmoneans, and the man was Judah Maccabee. The Greeks were different from other empires. They didn’t just want your land, your resources and your riches — they wanted your national ...

Mirror photo by William Kibler The feast of Hanukkah commemorates the preservation of the Jewish faith more than 2,000 years ago, when Judah Maccabee fought not only a Greco-Syrian tyrant who ...

Hanukkah commemorates the miraculous success of the ancient Israelites led by Judah Maccabee in defeating the much larger forces of the Seleucid Empire and rededicating the Holy Temple.

So did people. Like, badly. Especially when they did the whole Maccabee show. Total gore. Hence, the word “macabre.” 7. Judah Maccabee was one of the greatest military heroes in history.

The festival of Chanukah, an eight-day celebration commemorating the rebellion of the Jews under the leadership of Judah Maccabee against the Syrian King Antiochus IV, who sought to suppress the ...

Maccabee, you might remember from Hebrew school, means “hammer,” but until recently, Jews in the New York area didn’t have many Instagram-worthy options for getting hammered in Judah ...