Judah was awarded the title “Maccabee” – perhaps meaning hammer and praising his skills as a fighter, perhaps an acronym for “Mi chamocha ba’elim, Adonai,” “Who is like You ...

has used his collection talents and perseverance over more than two decades to discover the original art of Arthur Szyk. He has used the image of Judah Maccabee in new formats to make us all more ...

Judah quickly proved himself a brilliant military mind, and came to be referred to with the appellative “Maccabee” from the Hebrew maqqabet, meaning “hammer” because of his crushing blows ...

This event is commemorated by the festival of Hanukkah. Here we have a comic book Hammer of God, that tells us the story of Judah Maccabee. Who can forget Mel Gibson’s verbal demolition of ...

Judah Maccabee, who became known as “The Hammer” after leading the fight, instituted Hanukkah — the “Festival of Lights” — to celebrate the triumph. Jewish leaders strongly indicated ...

But I’ve known about Gibson’s interest in the original Hebrew Hammer for several years. I’m working on a biography of Judah Maccabee for Nextbook (don’t ask me how it’s going), and so it ...

There is no further word about Mel Gibson's plan to make a biopic about Judah Maccabee (come to think of it, there has been no further word about Goldblog's forthcoming biography of Judah Maccabee ...

He also outlawed the practice of Judaism altogether. This led to a three year rebellion, led by Judah Maccabee (known as The Hammer), that drove Antiochus from the Kingdom of Judah and created ...