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Maccabees

Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during the Right To Life March in Washington, Jan. 18, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Mark Wilson-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Like Judah Maccabee’s sister, we must fight for women’s rights to control their bodies

by Beth Gendler and Rabbi Avi S. Olitzky December 2, 2021

This piece originally ran on TC Jewfolk. On the third day of Hanukkah, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This is one of […]

Renaissance painting of a young woman cutting off the head of man with a sword
Posted inOpinion

This Hanukkah, celebrate the holiday’s forgotten heroes: Women

headshot of Alan Avery-Pecklogo of The Conversation by Alan Avery-Peck and The Conversation December 1, 2021December 1, 2021
Workers at the site of the excavation in the Lachish Forest. (Photo/JTA-Emil Aladjem-Israel Antiquities Authority)
Posted inNews

Ruins of a Hellenistic fortress show ‘tangible evidence’ of Hanukkah story, Israeli archaeologists say

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 18, 2021
The Maccabees depicted in a page from a 14th-century Italian illuminated manuscript.
Posted inTorah

The Maccabees stood up to the wicked — we need to do the same

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg December 11, 2020December 10, 2020
From "The Punishment of Antiochus" by Gustave Doré
Posted inTorah

What Hanukkah teaches us about the pressure to conform

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau December 6, 2018

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