The oil wasn’t the miracle of Hanukkah. The real miracle was that the Maccabees, a tiny band of Jewish guerrillas, defeated the Syrian-Greek army — the mightiest army in the world — and ...

In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and the holiday marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century B.C.E. after a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from ...

The military has asked for extra manpower in light of the war in Gaza and connected conflicts, while the Supreme Court ruled in June that the state must draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into ...

A man walks past the belongings of family members and some of the children who were rescued from the Lev Tahor Jewish sect (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) Guatemalan officials said Sunday that members ...

Johan Ordonez/AFP] Published On 23 Dec 202423 Dec 2024 Guatemalan authorities have recovered several children taken by members of an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect who had broken into a care centre ...

The Public Prosecutor’s office in Guatemala conducted an operation at the compound of Lev Tahor, an extremist Jewish sect, on Friday ... Lev Tahor is an ultra-orthodox organization, that moved to the ...

Some people spend thousands of dollars to buy their dream wedding dress, while others might wear a family heirloom or repurpose a special outfit. But teacher Emma Wilson had her wedding dress made ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities searched the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect Friday, taking at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody after reports of ...

For Michael Freilich, Belgium’s only Orthodox Jewish lawmaker, representing Israel and the Jewish people is a natural part of his job. “As the only representative of the Jewish community in ...

The menorah, standing at 36 feet high, is one of 15,000 large public menorahs internationally, the Orthodox Jewish movement added. Israeli artist Yaacov Agam designed the menorah, and public ...