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In this view, the Hasideans were deeply religious but comparative "moderates" as their chief concern was the repeal of Antiochus IV's decrees forbidding Jewish practices. They had joined with Judas earlier due to the anti-Jewish persecution and their anger at the corruption of High Priest Menelaus. After these decrees were repealed in 163–162 ...
Hellenistic Judaism was a form of Judaism in classical antiquity that combined Jewish religious tradition with elements of Hellenistic culture and religion. Until the early Muslim conquests of the eastern Mediterranean, the main centers of Hellenistic Judaism were Alexandria in Egypt and Antioch in Syria (modern-day Turkey), the two main Greek urban settlements of the Middle East and North ...
A rural Jewish priest from Modein, Mattathias (Hebrew: Matityahu) of the Hasmonean family, sparked the revolt against the Seleucid Empire by refusing to worship the Greek gods at Modein's new altar. Mattathias killed a Jew who had stepped forward to take Mattathias' place in sacrificing to an idol as well as the Greek officer who was sent to ...
Progressive Jewish leaders are seeking a middle ground that respects the humanity on both sides of the conflict. Jewish voices struggle to find words of reconciliation in face of campus violence ...
Anarchists Against the Wall in Israel; Edah HaChareidis in Israel; Jerusalem Faction in Israel; Jewdas in the United Kingdom; IfNotNow in the United States; Independent Jewish Voices in the United Kingdom and Canada; International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network based in the United States; Jewish Voice for Peace in the United States [1] Judaism On ...
In recent years, anti-Greek sentiment has emerged within neopagan communities through efforts to redefine Hellenism as a modern pagan religion. This usage of either "Hellenismos" or "Hellenism" as a religion and religious identity is considered objectionable and harmful towards Greek identity. [64]
The author of the First Book of Maccabees regards the Maccabean revolt as a rising of pious Jews against the Seleucid king (who had tried to eradicate their religion) and against the Jews who supported him. The author of the Second Book of Maccabees presents the conflict as a struggle between "Judaism" and "Hellenism", concepts which he coined ...
Trump then touted his foreign policy record to the audience. “When I left office, America was safe. Israel was safe. The Jewish people were safe, and the whole world was at peace,” he said.