Posts Tagged: Judah Maccabee
Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed, 2019
1. Chanukah’s historical context is narrated in the four Books of the Maccabees, The Scroll of Antiochus, and The Wars of the Jews. The Greek Empire...
Helpless in the Homeland: Israel Has Effectively Surrendered
An IDF soldier is murdered by his Arab coworker, and his body is dumped in a village well. Another soldier is shot dead by a...
Chanukah: The Untold Story
During the eight days of Hanukkah, traditional Jews add the following to their daily prayers: "In the days of Mattathias the son of Johanan the...
Chanukah, Where the Jews Lit Candles Rather than Celebrate War
Chanuka is Judaism's most universal holiday with deep resonance for all Americans. Our great country was founded by refugees who escaped religious persecution in Europe and...
Judah Maccabee and Israel’s Visual Hammer
Oh those wacky ancient Greeks and their short little, flimsy togas. They tried bullying us Jews through their surrogates, the Syrian Greeks, back in 168...
Judah Maccabee Film Put on Hold After Writer Says Mel Gibson “Hates Jews”
Mel Gibson's new film "Maccabee", about the Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee who led his army against Greek and Persian forces in the story of Hanukkah,...
Judah Maccabee Film Writer Compares Mel Gibson to Hitler
The screenplay writer of Judah Maccabee, the forthcoming film being directed by Mel Gibson about the biblical Jewish war hero, has changed his stance on...
Modern Day Lessons from the Chanukah Story
The story of Chanukah we hear year in and year out is about the triumph of the gallant few Maccabee rebels against the might...
Chanuka and How War Should Be Celebrated
Chanuka is Judaism's most universal holiday with deep resonance for all Americans. Our great country was founded by refugees who escaped religious persecution in...
Mel Gibson to Make Film on Jewish Hero
A film on Judah Maccabee, the Jewish hero who led a revolt against the Greek-Syrians for control of the temple in Jerusalem, is...
