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The branch of knowledge dealing with past events.

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Adonai

History; Israeli history

Name for God used most frequently in prayers and the Torah. It means “Master of the universe”.

Synoptic Gospels

History; Israeli history

Name given to the first three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke) in the Christian “New Testament,” which view the story of Jesus from the same general perspective.

Reformation

History; Israeli history

Name given to the protestant Christian movements (and the period itself) in the 16th century in which Roman Catholicism was opposed in the interest of "reforming" Christianity to ...

Struma

History; Israeli history

Name of a ship carrying 769 Jewish refugees, which left Rumania late in 1941, was refused entry to Palestine or Turkey, and sank in the Black Sea in Feb. 1942, with the loss of ...

Izzedin Al-Qassem Brigade

History; Israeli history

Named after a Palestinian-Arab who called for Jihad against the British and the Zionists during the period of the British Mandate, Izzedin Al-Qassem is the military wing of Hamas, ...

Haggada(H)

History; Israeli history

Narration. Liturgical work which outlines the order of the Passover meal (seder). It can also refer to a collection of talmudic stories.

Bat Galim Affair

History; Israeli history

On September 28, 1954, an Israeli ship, the Bat Galim, carrying plywood and meat from Massawa to Haifa, was confiscate and added to the Egyptian navy. Its crew was imprisoned ...