Episode 1: Mesmerized by the Maccabees: Why Is One Family So Fascinating?
Release Date: 05/27/2025
Episode 9: Epilogue: The Shamash and the Light of Judah
15-Minute Maccabees
Even in this difficult time for the Jewish people, we are blessed to bear witness to the lights of the soldiers of Israel—who testify to the living legacy of Judah Maccabee.
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Episode 8: Judah’s Last Stand
15-Minute Maccabees
By the end of his life, the achievements of Judah rivaled—and in some ways surpassed—those of every great general throughout history.
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Episode 7: The Day of Nikanor
15-Minute Maccabees
Judah defeats a new general sent against the Hasmoneans in miraculous fashion.
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Episode 6: Against the Elephants
15-Minute Maccabees
In the Battle of Beth Zechariah, the Seleucids defeated the Hasmoneans by using war elephants, but not before the Maccabee Eliezer did something that will be remembered forever.
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Episode 5: The True Story of Hanukkah
15-Minute Maccabees
It was the liberation and purification of the Temple in Jerusalem that inspired Judah and his men to fight.
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Episode 3: The Religious Vision of Mattathias
15-Minute Maccabees
The Maccabean fusion of public faith in God and a willingness to fight was born in the priest Mattathias.
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Episode 4: Judah as General
15-Minute Maccabees
Unlike any other leader in Jewish history, Judah combined faith in God, an ability to inspire his men, and strategic genius to lead the Hasmoneans.
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Episode 2: All Greek to Thee: The Challenge of Hellenism
15-Minute Maccabees
How the essence of athletics lies at the heart of the Hanukkah story.
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Episode 1: Mesmerized by the Maccabees: Why Is One Family So Fascinating?
15-Minute Maccabees
Why are Judah and his family so famous when even learned Jews know so little about them?
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