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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Hussein-McMahon Correspondence

History; Israeli history

Correspondence between Sherif Hussein of Mecca and Sir Henry McMahon, British High Commission in Egypt in which the two agreed on the terms for Arab independence from Ottoman rule. In 1916 Hussein ...

Judenrat

History; Israeli history

Council of Jewish representatives set up in communities and ghettos under the Nazis to execute their instructions.

Sephira(h) or Sefira

History; Israeli history

Counting, number. In Jewish kabala, the sefirot are the primary emanations or manifestations of deity that together make up the fullness (Greek, pleroma) of the godhead.

Brit Milah

History; Israeli history

Covenant. Term used to describe the the special relationship believed to exist between God and the Jewish people; Hebrew term for ritual circumcision performed on the eighth day after a baby boy is ...

Seleucid Empire

History; Israeli history

Created out of part of Macedonian Empire after death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.E.) and, at its height, extended from southern coast of modern Turkey south through Palestine and east to India's ...

Intrafada

History; Israeli history

Cycle of violence coinciding with the intifada in which nearly 1,000 Palestinians were killed by other Palestinians on suspicion of collaborating with Israel.

Lidice

History; Israeli history

Czech mining village (pop. 700). In reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazis “liquidated” the village in 1942. They shot the men, deported the women and children to ...