The family of Mattathias became known as the Maccabees, from the Hebrew word for “hammer,” because they were said to strike hammer blows against their enemies. The name Hasmoneans refers to the ...

And yet, as the legend goes, the oil burned for eight days, giving them time to clean, repair, and rededicate the Temple. The ...

Hanukkah celebrations begin at sundown Dec. 25 and continue through Jan. 2. The Jewish festival, sometimes called the Festival of Lights, hearkens back to the restoration of Jerusalem and the ...

With a café in New York City and a new cookbook, Beejhy Barhany is bringing the stories and flavors of Ethiopian Jews to the States Andrea Cooper - Freelance writer “The base of Ethiopian cuisine as a ...

In New York City, where apartments are crowded side-by-side and top-to-bottom like so many Jenga blocks, histories often overlap. I’m standing in front of a stately brownstone in Harlem that used to ...

Daniel Ambaya dreamed of working for one of the top gaming companies in the world. A graduate of Sapir College with a degree in animation, his goal seemed well within reach for an artist with his ...

A centuries-old mystery hidden in plain sight has finally come to light. In a modest prayer house in Israel, among community leaders and handwritten pages passed quietly from generation to generation, ...

A Jewish advocacy group is blasting Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani for sharing a video mocking Hanukkah Jewish traditions on social media. The organization, Stop Antisemitism, ...

“Ethiopian Jewish food is just a little bit of everything,” Beejhy Barhany, the founding owner and executive chef of Tsion Cafe, an Ethiopian and Israeli restaurant, told the Journal. “It’s an array ...

The Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center held its first-ever Hanukkah Party on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, celebrating the Jewish heritage in the community. The museum smelled of freshly fried latkes, ...

Rabbi Leibel Kesselman of the Chabad Jewish Center of Greenville and his fellow guests and members of Chabad Greenville dress cars for a parade to celebrate Hanukkah on New Year's Day 2025. "We light ...