Desc: Maccabees: a Live Chanukah Adventure: Directed by Dovid Weinbaum. With Levi Baumgarten, Benny Hershcovich, Zvi Hershcovich, Shua Naparstek. Maccabees is a film based on an interactive guided performance that takes students back in time to embark on a riveting adventure through ancient Judea. They encounter King Antiochus in his pompous palace, see the suffering caused by racial prejudice and intolerance, and join the Maccabees on their mission to fight oppression and reclaim religious freedom for their people. It is a story of resilience in the face of suffering, and the victory of freedom over persecution.