Israeli history

Israeli history

The history of Israel encompasses the history of the modern State of Israel, as well as that of the Jews in the Land of Israel.

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Joseph Albo

History; Israeli history

Author of Sefer Ha-Ikkarim, "The Book of Principles", a major work of Jewish thought written in Spain in 1425.

Sub-camp

History; Israeli history

Auxiliary forced labor camp linked administratively to one of the major concentration camps. There were thousands of sub-camps in the concentration camp system, which numbered nearly 3,000 camps.

Nebuchadnezzar

History; Israeli history

Babylonian emperor who captured Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E., ending the First Temple period.

Hiddur Mitzvah

History; Israeli history

Beautifying the Mitzvah. Concept of going beyond the bare requirements of a mitzvah by using only the finest quality items to carry it out.

Bishop Konrad Graf von Preysing

History; Israeli history

Became Bishop of Berlin in 1935, attacked Nazi policies in his various sermons. Known to have met frequently with Military Resisters, is said to have given a personal blessing to Klaus von ...

authoritarianism

History; Israeli history

Believing in or characterized by unquestioning obedience to authority, as that of a dictator, rather than individual freedom of judgment and action.

Birkat Hamalshinim

History; Israeli history

Benediction concerning heretics. A prayer that invoked divine wrath upon Christian Jews and other heterodox Jewish groups. Twelfth section of the shemoneh esreh.