The real Judah Maccabee — the one that would be depicted in a serious biopic, as opposed to the mythic version Jewish kids might think of as a freedom-fighting Santa Claus — is not really a ...

No, I’m kidding – of course it is. Judah Maccabee is well-known to us at the hero of Hanukkah and the leader of the second century B.C.E. rebellion against the Syrian-Greeks occupying the Holy ...

J udah (or Judas) Maccabee was an ancient Israelite independence fighter who defeated the anti-Jewish ruler King Antiochus IV in the 2nd Century BCE. Judah helped reestablish control over the Holy ...

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Judah Maccabee, his father and his brothers are individuals who continue to provide us with that fighting spirit. Throughout my lifetime, it has occurred to me on numerous occasions, I actually ...

take on the story. By Jay A. Fernandez Producer Bruce Nash is pulling together a version of the Judah Maccabee story for a potential feature or miniseries that could rival Mel Gibson's planned ...

One, Judah, was known as Maccabeus — Judah Maccabee. Frydman, who lives in Modi’in and has guided in the country for more than 30 years, read the verses while sitting on the boulders that ...

The family was the Hasmoneans, and the man was Judah Maccabee. The Greeks were different from other empires. They didn’t just want your land, your resources and your riches — they wanted your national ...

History has regarded Judah Maccabee as one of the most brilliant military strategists of all time; for that reason, there is a statue of him at West Point. Or perhaps there was a larger miracle ...