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 ...

The book is a modern retelling of the Hanukkah story, with Lex Lexabee, the “llama constabulary” of Jerusalem who is acquainted with Mattathias and his sons, including Judah Maccabee ...

Rabbi Sydney tells them the story of Judah Maccabee, who was victorious against the invading Greek king, Antiochus, fighting for the right for the Jewish people to worship in the temple.

The name, Maccabee, means Hammer. Judah Maccabee led his brothers in many battles against the mighty Greeks. They wanted their freedom to worship how they had always done. The Greeks had many more ...

Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, when, according to Jewish tradition, Judas Maccabee (Judah) cleansed the Second Temple in 164 BCE by removing all statues of Greek ...