Israeli history

Israeli history

The history of Israel encompasses the history of the modern State of Israel, as well as that of the Jews in the Land of Israel.

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Akkadian

History; Israeli history

An ancient Near Eastern language that included the dialects of Assyrian and Babylonian; knowledge of Akkadian is the key to understanding the culture of ancient Mesopotamia.

An angel or archangel, who according to Jewish tradition is said to have been the voice that told Noah to gather the animals before the great flood; the invisible force that prevented Abraham from ...

Dir Yassin

History; Israeli history

An Arab village located northeast of Jerusalem. During the Israeli War of Independence, the Irgun and Stern Gang (LECHI) attacked the village killing many Palestinian civilians. Though official ...

Targum Jonathan

History; Israeli history

An Aramaic free translation of the Torah, completed in the second half of the first millennium C.E.

He-Chalutz

History; Israeli history

An association of Jewish youth whose aim was to train its members to settle on the land in Eretz Israel.

Beit Hadassah

History; Israeli history

A large deserted Jewish house in Arab Hebron that was illicitly occupied in 1979 by Jewish settlers, whose stay was later legalized by the government; a controversial place and the site of many ...

Tallis(T)

History; Israeli history

A large, four-cornered shawl with fringes and special knots at the extremities, worn during Jewish morning prayers. The fringes, according to the Bible (Numbers 15.38-39), remind the worshiper of ...