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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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Israeli history

World Jewish Congress

History; Israeli history

A voluntary association of representative Jewish bodies, communities and organizations throughout the world, established in 1936.

Hesder Yeshiva

History; Israeli history

A yeshiva (school of Jewish study) which combines talmudic studies with military service.

shmoozing

History; Israeli history

A Yiddish/English cultural term for chatting on relatively unimportant matters.

Yeshivot Hesder

History; Israeli history

A Zionist yeshiva whose students combine rabbinical studies and military service.

Luftlager

History; Israeli history

A German term for a prisoner of war camp for Allied airmen.

Palestinian Refugees

History; Israeli history

About 600,000 Palestinian (other estimates range form 500,000 to 800,0000) fled Israel between 1947 and 1949, fundamentally because of the Arab states' rejection of the United Nation partition plan ...

kabbalat ol mitzvot

History; Israeli history

Acceptance of the yoke of the commandments. Acceptance of commandments as binding.

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