Here we go again: Mel Gibson has been accused of "hating Jews" by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas in a letter obtained by The Wrap. Eszterhas had been working with Gibson on a script for The Maccabees, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Maccabees’ Orlando Weeks (front right): ‘Suddenly, there was this event that was a very obviously uncomplicated reason to all ...

The Maccabees could be set to release new music in 2026, according to guitarist Felix White. The London band returned to the stage this year for their first live shows since 2017, including a huge ...

It comes as the indie band recently reunited for a huge show at this year’s edition of Glastonbury, and are also gearing up to headline All Points East later this summer. The band broke up in 2017 but ...

Few ancient sites in the Holy Land have ignited the imagination like the lost tombs of the Maccabees, the family that led a Jewish rebel army to victory against Seleucid religious repression in the ...

The great British Jewish historian, Cecil Roth (1899-1970), makes a fascinating point about the Maccabean revolt (in the gendered language common in his generation): “It was one of the decisive events ...

Growing up as a bit of an outsider isn’t easy. Remember that scene in The Inbetweeners when Jay does his Crazy Frog impression to Charlotte? Well, I was Jay. I was a lost teenager trying to make ...

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