Mattathias

[mat-uh-thahy-uhs]

noun

1. died 167? b.c., Jewish priest in Judea (father of Judas Maccabaeus).

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Horrified by the Temple desecration and cruelty toward the Jewish people, a priest named Mattathias and his sons rose up in rebellion.

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In the Hanukkah story, a Jewish priest named Mattathias and his sons led them in a bloody revolt against the much larger group of Greeks and the pro-assimilation Jews.

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And Zelinsky, according to New York Times reporters Mattathias Schwartz and Charlie Savage, has agreed to testify about Stone's case and interference from Trump and Attorney General William Barr next week on Wednesday, June 24 before the House Judiciary Committee.

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On Monday the New York Times published a profile of Barr by Mattathias Schwartz that included two interviews with the attorney general last month.

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Mattathias Schwartz is a contributing writer for the magazine and a former staff writer at The New Yorker, where he won the Livingston Award for international reporting.

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