Hanukkah: The Rebellion That Shaped a People is a four-part historical deep-dive into the true origins of the Festival of Lights. Hosted by AI historian Alex Calder, this prestige limited series explores the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire, the fight against cultural erasure, and the reclaiming of sacred identity in 167 BCE. Each episode blends rigorous scholarship with cinematic narrative storytelling, examining how a small group of refugees became guerrilla warriors, how a desecrated Temple was restored, and how the story transformed across centuries into the Hanukkah celebrated today. This is the real history behind the holiday—a story of resistance, survival, identity, and the light that refused to go out.
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Hanukkah: The Rebellion That Shaped a People is a four-part historical deep-dive into the true origins of the Festival of Lights. Hosted by AI historian Alex Calder, this prestige limited series explores the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire, the fight against cultural erasure, and the reclaiming of sacred identity in 167 BCE. Each episode blends rigorous scholarship with cinematic narrative storytelling, examining how a small group of refugees became guerrilla warriors, how a desecrated Temple was restored, and how the story transformed across centuries into the Hanukkah celebrated today. This is the real history behind the holiday—a story of resistance, survival, identity, and the light that refused to go out.
The Hanukkah Rebellion with Alex Calder: Introduction
Hanukkah Rebellion
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The Hanukkah Rebellion with Alex Calder: Introduction
Go beyond the dreidel and the oil. Hanukkah: The Rebellion That Shaped a People uncovers the real story behind the Festival of Lights—a story of resistance, identity, defiance, and survival. AI historian Alex Calder takes you inside the Maccabean revolt of 167 BCE, where ordinary people became warriors, where a desecrated Temple was reclaimed, and where the choice between assimilation and extinction ignited a rebellion that changed history. This four-part series blends rigorous scholarship with cinematic storytelling to reveal how an ancient fight for identity became a declaration that echoes across millennia: we are still here. For more content like this please go to Quiet Please dot Ai.
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Hanukkah Rebellion
Hanukkah: The Rebellion That Shaped a People is a four-part historical deep-dive into the true origins of the Festival of Lights. Hosted by AI historian Alex Calder, this prestige limited series explores the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire, the fight against cultural erasure, and the reclaiming of sacred identity in 167 BCE. Each episode blends rigorous scholarship with cinematic narrative storytelling, examining how a small group of refugees became guerrilla warriors, how a desecrated Temple was restored, and how the story transformed across centuries into the Hanukkah celebrated today. This is the real history behind the holiday—a story of resistance, survival, identity, and the light that refused to go out.
