JUDAH MACCABEE as portrayed by Arthur Szyk ... outlawing key aspects of Jewish worship and desecrating the Second Temple. The revolt, led by Judas Maccabeus and his family, was a fight to reclaim ...

Hanukkah begins on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, when, according to Jewish tradition, Judas Maccabee (Judah) cleansed the Second Temple in 164 BCE by removing all statues of Greek ...