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Sheba'ah Farms

History; Israeli history

Disputed area on the border with Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. Following the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, in 2000, the Lebanese insisted the Israelis withdraw from ...

Havdalah

History; Israeli history

Distinction. Jewish ceremony conducted using wine, spices, and candles to mark the conclusion of the Sabbath.

The Riots

History; Israeli history

Disturbances with heavy bloodshed, high death-toll, perpetrated by Arabs to sabotage Yishuv development, stop immigration & land purchases—1920, 1921, 1929, 1936-39.

Washington Declaration

History; Israeli history

Document signed July 25, 1994, by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Jordanian King Hussein, and U.S. President Bill Clinton on the occasion of the first public meeting between ...

mezuzah

History; Israeli history

Doorpost. A parchment scroll with selected Torah verses (Deuteronomy 6.4-9; 11.13-21) placed in a container and affixed to the exterior doorposts (at the right side of the ...

Lithuanian Jews

History; Israeli history

Due to the tangled history of the Vilna region the Polish Jews who came from Lithuania were accorded better treatment than the other Jewish prisoners-of-war held by the Germans.

Joint Jordanian-PLO Committee

History; Israeli history

During an Arab summit meeting in Baghdad, organized to oppose Sadat’s peace initiative, a joint Jordanian-Palestine Liberation Organization committee was formed to oppose the Camp ...