The Maccabees and the challenge of securing Jewish Continuity Dear friends, On this Festival of Chanukah we again celebrate the saga of our liberation by the Maccabees 2,175 years ago (years 168-165 BCE), which returned our Jewish People to national independence in the Land of Israel. It was a struggle based on the [...]
אור חנוכה The Light of Chanukah Dear friends, Chanukah celebrates the miraculous military victory of the Jewish People over the powerful Seleucid kingdom[1]. We celebrate this historic milestone by evoking another miracle – the miracle of light[2], re-inaugurating the Beit-Hamikdash(the Great Temple) and restoring the light of its eternal flame. 235 years after the [...]
Maccabi VAC organized the Chanukah Futsal Tournament and Party for the fifth time in December 2014. 9 teams representing different Jewish organizations registered for the tournament. It was the first time that our neighbor, Maccabi Vienna also joined the holiday competition. After the semifinals the participants could listen a Dvar Torah from our rabbi who then [...]