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 ...

He was the son of Johanan Hyrcanus, [and] the grandson of Simon the Hasmonean (brother of Judah Maccabee),” the statement said, noting that the Alexandrion Fortress, near where the coins were ...

I t was Hanukkah; time again for Jewish boys and girls to hear the story of Judah Maccabee, warrior son of the aged priest Mattathias, who dared to lead his tiny band of fighting men against the ...

After reclaiming the temple, Judah Maccabee led his followers to cleanse the Holy Temple and rebuild it. When Maccabee and the other Jewish people took part in the rededication of the temple ...

was rededicated by Judah Maccabee, who led the insurgency begun by his father, the high priest Mattathias. According to the story of Hanukkah, Maccabee and his soldiers wanted to light the temple ...

“Uriel held the Torah in one hand and the sword in the other, the way Judah Maccabee is remembered. He was absolutely the Judah Maccabee of our time. It is very important to me that he be ...

After reclaiming the temple, Judah Maccabee led his followers to cleanse the Holy Temple and rebuild it. When Maccabee and the other Jewish people took part in the rededication of the temple ...

A tiny army, led by a man called Judah Maccabee (the Hebrew word for hammer), fought back against the huge Syrian-Greek army, reclaiming both Jerusalem and the Holy Temple. According to Jewish ...