A Maccabi or Maccabee ( he, מכבי) is one of the
Maccabees
The Maccabees (), also spelled Machabees ( he, מַכַּבִּים, or , ; la, Machabaei or ; grc, Μακκαβαῖοι, ), were a group of Jewish rebel warriors who took control of Judea, which at the time was part of the Seleucid Empire. ...
, a group of Jewish rebel warriors who controlled Judea.
Maccabi or Maccabee may also refer to:
People
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Bruce Maccabee
Bruce Maccabee (born May 6, 1942) is an American optical physicist formerly employed by the U.S. Navy, and a ufologist.
Biography
Maccabee received a B.S. in physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., and then at American U ...
, an American optical physicist
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Judas Maccabeus
Judah Maccabee (or Judas Maccabeus, also spelled Machabeus, or Maccabæus, Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, ''Yehudah HaMakabi'') was a Jewish priest (''kohen'') and a son of the priest Mattathias. He led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleuci ...
or Judah Maccabee, leader of the Maccabean Revolt
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Maccabi (sports)
Maccabi World Union is an international Jewish sports organisation spanning five continents (Africa, North America, South America, Australia, Europe) and more than 50 countries, with some 400,000 members. The Maccabi World Union organises the Macc ...
or Maccabi World Union, international Jewish sports association
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List of Maccabi sports clubs and organisations
Maccabi (sometimes spelled Macabi, Makabi or Makkabi) may refer to:
* The Maccabi World Union, Maccabiah Games or any one of the following sport organizations around the world:
*Makabi Warszawa
Makabi Warszawa, in English Makabi Warsaw, founde ...
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Maccabi Sherutei Briut
Maccabi Health Services (Hebrew: מכבי שירותי בריאות, formerly Maccabi Fund for the Ill, Hebrew: קופת חולים מכבי), known as Kupat Holim Maccabi, is one of the four Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) currently activ ...
, an Israeli Health Maintenance Organization
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Maccabi youth movement
The "Maccabi youth movement" (, ''HaMaccabi HaTza'ir'') is a Zionist youth movement established during the international convention of the Maccabi organization in Prague, Czech Republic in 1929. As the Maccabi movement is involved with promoting ...
, a Zionist youth movement established in 1929
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Maccabim-Re'ut
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut ( he, מוֹדִיעִין-מַכַּבִּים-רֵעוּת) is an Israeli city located in central Israel, about southeast of Tel Aviv and west of Jerusalem, and is connected to those two cities via Highway 443. In t ...
, a former local council in central Israel
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Operation Maccabi
The Battles of Latrun were a series of military engagements between the Israel Defense Forces and the Jordanian Arab Legion on the outskirts of Latrun between 25 May and 18 July 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Latrun takes its name fro ...
, a 1948 military operation
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Maccabee (beer)
Tempo Beer Industries (Tempo) is Israel's largest brewer and the country's second-largest beverage company.
Products
Beers
Tempo produces three brands of pale lager:
*Goldstar, which was acquired in a 1985 merger
*Maccabee, also marketed in t ...
, produced by Tempo Beer Industries
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Maccabees (disambiguation) The Maccabees were Jewish rebel warriors who fought against Ancient Greco-Roman Hellenization in the 2nd Century BC.
Maccabees may also refer to:
Music
* The Maccabees (band), English indie rock band
* Maccabeez, an affiliate group of the Wu-Tang ...
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Maccabeus (disambiguation) Maccabeus or Machabeus may refer to:
* ''Maccabeus'' (worm), a sole genus of Seticoronarian priapulid worm
* Judas Maccabeus, a Kohen (Jewish priest) who led a revolt against the Seleucid Empire
* Gilla Mo Chaidbeo, Irish abbot (d. 1174), also know ...
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Maccabiah (disambiguation) Maccabiah may refer to:
* Maccabiah Games, a quadrennial international Jewish and Israeli multi-sport competition
** Maccabiah Games by year held
** Maccabiah sports, the sports played at the Maccabiah Games
* Maccabiah Stadium
See also
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