Members of the Jewish priesthood (Cohanim) are an unusual group in that the men of this ancient priestly class ... his older brother Aaron the first high priest. Ever since, the priestly status ...

The High Priest wore ... realities. Jewish continuity depends on finding leaders—and communities—who are capable of understanding, remembering and reasserting our most ancient ideals and ...

1 Macc narrates the struggle of the Jewish ... the ancient Greek empires. 1 Macc begins with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and ends with the reign of John Hyrcanus as high priest ...

The crucial thing to remember is that nowadays, there are temples and synagogues everywhere you go. There is not a Jewish community in the world that doesn't have a synagogue, and many of them are ...