Chanukah is often described as a festival of light, warmth, and resilience. That description is not wrong—but it is ...

Zionism turned the moral of the Hanukkah story on its head to praise militarism. In truth, it is a holiday of peace.

The first time I lit a Hanukkah candle as a Jew wasn’t at a synagogue or around a large family table. It was in a tiny apartment kitchen with my then-fiancé, Reid. I didn’t yet know the blessings by ...

Corporations — and plenty of everyday people — treat Hanukkah as Jewish Christmas. It has a nice little story about miraculous oil, plus you decorate your house and give gifts. Even plenty of Jews ...

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BEN SHEMEN FOREST, Israel - Israeli archaeologists may be one step closer to solving a riddle that has vexed explorers for more than a century: the location of the fabled tomb of the biblical ...

A large mausoleum recently uncovered in Israel may be the Tomb of the Maccabees, the celebrated Jewish family that led an uprising against the Greeks in the second century B.C. Archaeologists, however ...

Hanukah is the eight-day Jewish winter festival, beginning this year at sunset Sunday, December 14 (all Jewish days begin at sunset). Let’s start off by getting the best English spelling right.

The Maccabees promised All Points East would be their best show ever. For a band who have only just reunited after eight years away it was a huge promise to deliver. Nostalgia was in the air from the ...

When The Maccabees called time back in 2017, it felt like a band pulling the exit cord just as they’d finally reached the top of the summit. After a decade of graft and steady ascent, the South London ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: getty/Andy Willsher Some of us may dimly recall seeing an up and coming beat combo named ...