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partisans
History; Israeli history

Irregular troops engaged in guerrilla warfare, often behind enemy lines. During World War II, this term was applied to resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied countries.

Hungarian Jews
History; Israeli history

During the Holocaust approximately 550,000 Hungarian Jews were murdered between May and July 1944; most of them were gassed at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Ben Ami Operation
History; Israeli history

During the War of Independence, Jewish forces partially isolated Acre and then launched an attack from its seashore. They eventually captured the city on May 17, 1948.

Moshavah
History; Israeli history

Earliest type of Jewish village in modern Israel in which farming is conducted on individual farms, mostly on privately owned land.

Abraham Geiger
History; Israeli history

(1810-1874) Early Jewish reform advocate in Germany, noted for his scholarship, his modern prayer book, and his advocacy for Judaism as a universal religion.

Orient House
History; Israeli history

Eastern Jerusalem building, owned by the prominent Husseini family, that has served as an informal center for Palestinian activities over the years. Members of the Palestinian ...

Dr. Janusz Korczak
History; Israeli history

(1878-1942) Educator, author, physician and director of a Jewish orphanage in Warsaw. Despite the possibility of personal freedom, he refused to abandon his orphans and went with ...

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