Chanukah celebrates the victory of Judea over Greece, of a small band of Jews over those who sought to subvert their faith and profane the sanctity of their...
80 months ago

Hanukkah provides a representation of the “victory of Jewish people over tyranny.” Every community may have its celebration for Hanukkah.
10 months ago

There is a special feeling when seeing homes in all kinds of Jewish neighborhoods with hanukkiot shedding light from windows or outside...
21 months ago

Hanukkah celebrates the Jewish victory over the Syrian-Greek regime of Antiochus. Here's everything you need to know.
31 months ago

There's a popular joke that every Jewish holiday can be summed up as “They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat.” It's an aphorism that's...
45 months ago

Political motivations and financial interests are behind the arrest and the pre-detention of the ethnic Greek mayor of Himara in Albania.
13 months ago

I'd like to know if, apart from Pausanius (and the youth of the same name who was supposed to have supplanted him in Philip's affection according to Diodorus...
135 months ago

I am a Toronto rabbi who was recently rejected by the Toronto Board of Rabbis (TBR). I'd love to tell you why but, despite multiple attempts, they won't tell...
58 months ago

Hanukkah (Chanukah), the Festival of Lights, begins Sunday evening, December 18, 2022. It celebrates the Jewish victory over the Syrian-Greek regime of...
31 months ago