Live actors portrayed the Hanukkah story during “Maccabees: A Drive Thru Experience,” held in downtown Los Angeles. Courtesy of Power of Youth Wielding a hammer and shield, Judah the Maccabee ...

Chanukah may be one of the most misunderstood Jewish holidays. The festival marks the victory of the Maccabees over the forces of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and his attempted forced H… ...

Indeed, Maccabees 1 and 2 are hyper-nationalistic texts, principally concerned with the patriarch Mattathias and his five sons, who rose against Antiochus, the Hellenic king who desecrated the ...

Hanukkah commemorates the victory of Jewish revolutionaries, the Maccabees, over the tyrant Antiochus, who outlawed Judaism in 167 B.C.

Still others chose to fight. Around 168 BCE, a provincial priestly family, the Hasmoneans (also known as “the Maccabees”), began a guerrilla operation against the armies of Antiochus.

The holiday represents historical resilience from the Maccabees to modern Jewish communities By Alan Avery-Peck. Published December 14, 2017 8:25PM (EST) ((AP Photo/Francisco Seco))-- ...

With record box-office receipts for “The Passion of the Christ” rolling in, now might be the time to ask: What will Mel Gibson do for an encore?Officially, he is scheduled to do “Mad Max 4.” ...

Antiochus was a cultural imperialist, which is bad enough. The IDF’s enemies are genocidal, which is even worse. In addition, the Maccabees’ campaign against the Seleucid Empire was regional.

I Maccabees. Author: Unknown. Date Written: c.100 BC. Date of Narrative: 323-104 BC . ... Generations later, Antiochus IV Epiphanes rules the Seleucid Empire 175-164 BC.