In The Footsteps Of The Maccabees

Feature: the Maccabees' 'Declaration of Independence'

In part eight of our Hanukkah special, learn how the Maccabees succeeded in establishing a sovereign state after a final battle.

In part seven of our Hanukkah special, learn how commando night raids brought victory, and peace treaties brought death.

In part six of In the Footsteps of the Maccabees, relive Nicanor's defeat, and the surprise battle that took Judah's life.

In part 5 of our Hanukkah special learn about Elazar's heroic death under the elephant, Maccabees' miraculous salvation in Jerusalem.

Part 4 of our Hanukkah special takes you to the site of the Maccabees' battle in mountains of Hevron.

Part 3 of our Hanukkah special takes you to the site of the Maccabees' battle in the Ayalon Valley.

'In The Footsteps of The Maccabees' Part 2 takes you to where the Jewish rebels waged their first major battles against the Greek empire.

Part One of Arutz Sheva's special Hanukkah series - In The Footsteps of The Maccabees - takes you to Modiin, where it all started.

Special eight-part series with Israeli historian Dr. Hagai Ben Artzi lets you follow the Maccabees' path from revolution to independence.