Tag: Maccabees
Is a star born at YU?
With 40- and 38-point games, guard Zevi Samet shows that he’s an elite scorer.
BY ALAN ZEITLIN
(January 4, 2023 / JNS) When the Yeshiva University men’s basketball team lost...
Hanukkah sling stone used against Jewish rebels more than 2,000 years...
The tiny sling stone was found at an archaeological site in Israel
It bears the name Diodotus Tryphon, an ancient Greek king who reigned...
Hasmonean-era village discovered, proof of Jewish connection to Jerusalem
A ritual bath was found in the area in 1994; a Hasmonean coin in 2007.
(March 27, 2019 / JNS) A large Hasmonean-era Jewish agricultural village was uncovered by archaeologists...