He finished in Hebrew: “Chag Hanukkah Sameach.” Biden’s comments echoed a comparison between Zelensky and Judah Maccabee, the hero of the Hanukkah story, that emerged early on in Ukraine’s ...

Is Nathan Fielder trying to be God, Judah Maccabee, Queen Esther or just a maniacal artist? Episode 5 suggests that all might be true. Spoiler alert: This piece contains plot details about HBO’s ...

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 ...

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 ...