Nehemiah
![Warfare on Shabbat: The Legacy of the Maccabees](https://www.jewishideasdaily.com/wp-content/files_mf/121412t1.jpg)
Friday, December 14, 2012 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Ezra and Nehemiah were so successful in instilling Shabbat observance that Jews refused to take up arms on Shabbat to defend themselves—with disastrous results.
![The Sigd Festival Comes Home to Jerusalem](https://www.jewishideasdaily.com/wp-content/files_mf/120512t1.jpg)
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 by Shai Afsai | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On the Sigd, Ethiopian Jews would walk to a mountaintop and pray to return to Jerusalem. Now they are in Jerusalem, and the Sigd is a national holiday in Israel.