In boasting of his support among African American voters, Donald Trump made some false and misleading statements: 1  Trump claimed âAfrican American youth is 58 percent unemployed.â The official unemployment rate for blacks ages 16 to 19 in January was 25.2 percent.
For other uses, see Maccabees (disambiguation). The Maccabees, also spelled Machabees (Hebrew: ××××× or ××§×××ââ, Maqabim; Latin: Machabaei or Maccabaei; Greek: Î¼Î±ÎºÎºÎ±Î²Î±á¿Î¿Î¹, Makkabaioi), were the leaders of a Jewish rebel army that took control of Judea, which at the time had been a province of the Seleucid Empire.
He and his five sons fled to the wilderness of Judah. After Mattathias' death about one year later in 166 BC, his son Judah Maccabee led an army of Jewish dissidents to victory over the Seleucid dynasty in guerrilla warfare, which at first was directed against Hellenized Jews, of whom there were many.e and his five sons fled to the wilderness of Judah. After Mattathias' death about one year later in 166 BC, his son Judah Maccabee led an army of Jewish dissidents to victory over the Seleucid dynasty in guerrilla warfare, which at first was directed against Hellenized Jews, of whom there were many.