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 ...

Irvin Ungar has used the image of Judah Maccabee in new formats to make us all more cognizant of the dynamism and many dimensions of the powerful images of the Hanukkah hero himself. Living in ...

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 ...

Judah Maccabee, the hero of the Chanukah tale, died in battle a few years after his temporary victory, and several years before the Hasmonean kingdom came into existence. That mission was ...

By Patrick Kevin Day Now that word is out that Mel Gibson is making a biopic about Jewish religious leader Judah Maccabee, members of the media are no doubt clamoring to get the star’s first ...

The heroes of Chanukah are no secret. The legendary Judah Maccabee and his warrior brothers defeated the Greek Hellenists in true Israelite fashion. Just as a young David slew Goliath, this tiny ...

“Judah Maccabee Goes to the Doctor: A Story for Hanukkah” is about a young boy named Judah who — spoiler alert! — goes to the doctor. With cheerful illustrations by Talitha ...

You may know the rest of the story:Mattathias dies, and his son Judah Maccabee (“Judah the Hammer.”Really.) leads his followers to victory over the Greeks. There's alsosomething in there about ...

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 ...

It looks like Judah Maccabee threw up in my dining room. And I love it. Dreidels hang from the ceiling, menorahs are fully candled, Hanukkah is here. Hanukkah crafts my kids made in preschool are ...