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illegal immigration

History; Israeli history

Immigration to Israel before the establishment of the State and in defiance with British decrees.

Moses Mendelssohn

History; Israeli history

(1729-86) Important German Jewish thinker whose ideas helped lay the base for reform Judaism.

Crusader Period

History; Israeli history

In 1092 Pope Urban II called on Christians everywhere to recover the Holy Land and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher from Muslim rule. Mobs of enthusiastic peasants called the ...

Spanish Exile

History; Israeli history

In 1492 the Spanish King Ferdinand ordered by a special edict to expel all the Jews from his country (except those choosing to accept Christianity). Approximately 300,000 Spanish ...

Ahuzat Bayit

History; Israeli history

In 1907, Jewish residents of Jaffa formed a society by the name of Ahuzat Bayit, with a view towards establishing a neighborhood outside the congested city. With funds lent by the ...

Aramco

History; Israeli history

In 1933, Saudi Arabia permitted Standard Oil of California (SOCAL, now Chevron) to prospect for oil. SOCAL created a subsidiary to carry out the exploration, the California ...

Richard Glücks

History; Israeli history

(1889-1945) In 1936 Glücks became chief aide to Theodor Eicke and eventually succeeded Eicke as the inspector of the Nazi concentration camps. Glücks was responsible for the ...