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Yalkut Shimoni

History; Israeli history

A 13th-century midrashic anthology on the Bible attributed to a certain Simeon; Germany.

Azzam Affair

History; Israeli history

A 1996 scandal in which Israeli-Druze Azzam Azzam was arrested in Cairo on charges of spying for Israel and sentenced to 15 years in prison. In 2004 Azzam was released as part of ...

Aryan

History; Israeli history

A 19th-century linguistics term used to describe the Indo-European languages. The term was subsequently perverted to refer to the people who spoke those languages, which the Nazis ...

S’fat Emet

History; Israeli history

A 19th-century Torah commentary by Yehudah Aryeh Leib of Ger (“the Gerer Rebbe”).

Marcionites

History; Israeli history

A 2nd century Christian (and his followers) who was considered the first heretic by his opponents because of certain dualistic and gnostic ideas and his call for a severing of ...

pushke

History; Israeli history

A box in the home or the synagogue used to collect money for donation to charity.

White Paper 1939

History; Israeli history

A British government statement of Palestine policy, which restricted Jewish immigration to Palestine and prohibited the purchase of land by Jews there.