Israel

The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל ▶ (help·info); Medinat Yisra'el; Arabic: دَوْلَةْ إِسْرَائِيل, Dawlat Isrā'īl) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a parliamentary democracy and the world's only Jewish state. The name "Israel" is rooted in the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh, wherein Jacob is renamed Israel after wrestling with a mysterious adversary ("a man", and later "God" according to Genesis 32:24- ...

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Israel: Encyclopedia - Agudath Israel Agudath Israel can refer to any of several related organizations, including: an international movement, the World Agudath Israel an American organization, Agudath Israel of America an Israeli political party, Agudat Israel Other related archivesAgudat Israel, Agudath Israel of America, American, Israeli, World Agudath Israel

Israel: Encyclopedia II - Israel - Religion in Israel

According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2004, 76.2% of Israelis were Jews by religion, 16.1% were Muslims, 2.1% Christian, 1.6% Druze and the remaining 3.9% (including Russian immigrants and some Jews) were not classified by religion.[5] Israel is not a theocracy, and religions other than Judaism are supported. Roughly 6% of Israeli Jews define themselves as haredim (ultra-orthodox religious); an additional 9% are "religious" ; 34% consider themselves "traditionalists" (not strictly adhering to Je ...

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Israel: Encyclopedia - Coat of Arms of Israel

The coat of arms of Israel shows a Menorah, a symbol of Judaism for almost 3000 years. The Menorah was used to light the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. The Menorah depicted is according to the carving on the Arch of Titus, and is surrounded by two olive-tree branches. The olive-branches symbolize the land of Israel (Eretz Israel) but also symbolize peace. The text below them reads "Israel" in the Hebrew language, the official language of Israel, which is a modernized resurrection of Biblical Hebrew.

Israel: Encyclopedia - Austerity in Israel

Austerity in Israel: From 1949 to 1959, the state of Israel was, to a varying extent, under a regime of austerity (צנע tsena), during which rationing and similar measures were enforced. Austerity in Israel - Rationale. Shortly after its establishment in 1948, the young state of Israel found itself lacking in both food and foreign currency. In three and half years, the Jewish population of Israel had doubled, inflated by nearly 700,000 immigrants. At the same time, the Arab villages, once major sup ...

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Israel: Encyclopedia - Children of Israel

The Children of Israel (Hebrew: בני ישראל Bnai Yisrael or Bnei Yisrael or Bnei Yisroel or Bene Israel;) (Arabic: بني إسرائيل) is a Biblical term for the Israelites. It is also an alternate way of referring to the people known as Hebrews, Jewish or Bnai Israel. It means Sons or Children of Israel in Hebrew. In the Torah they are the twelve sons of Jacob who was renamed Isr ...

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Israel: Encyclopedia - Bene Israel

Mumbai area 4000 (est.) Kolkata < 200 (est.) Delhi < 200 (est.) Ahmadabad < 200 (est.) Karachi < 200 (est.) Other English-speaking countries 2,000 (est.) Cochin Jews Bene Israel Other Jewish groups The Bene Israel ("Sons of Israel") are a group of Jews who, in the mid-twentieth century, lived primarily in Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi and parts of Pakistan. Pakistani Jews ...

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Israel: Encyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel

The Kingdom of Israel (Hebrew: מַלְכוּת יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard Hebrew Malḫut Yisraʼel, Tiberian Hebrew Malḵûṯ Yiśrāʼēl) was the Kingdom proclaimed by the Israelite nation around 1030-1020 BCE. The nation itself was formed as the Israelites left the Land of Goshen, Egypt during the Exodus at an uncertain date, often considered to be in the late 13th century BCE. Prior to the establishment of the kingdom, the Hebrew people, (the Israelites) were led by the patriarchs and later by J ...

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Israel: Encyclopedia - Culture of Israel

Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jerusalem · Tel Aviv · Haifa Zionism · Timeline ·Aliyah · Herzl Balfour · Mandate · 1947 UN Plan Independence · Austerity · Ma'abarot Lavon Affair · Eichmann Trial 1948 War · 1949 Armistice · Suez War Six-Day War · Attrition War Yom Kippur War · Lebanon War Peace treaties with: Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan Timeline · Peace process · Peace camp 1st Intifad ...

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Israel: Encyclopedia - Bethel Israel

Bethel (Hebrew בֵּית־אֵל, Standard Hebrew Bet El, Beyt El, Tiberian Hebrew Bêṯ-ʼĒl) is a Biblical city in ancient Israel, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem in Samaria (Northern West Bank). Bethel has been identified by some with the ruins surrounding the Palestinian village of Beitin and by others with the modern Israeli settlement of Beit El. It is frequently associated with the patriarchs Abraham and Jacob. Abraham made a sanctuary in the area, giving the place the name Bethel, the city call ...

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Bethel Israel - Sources

Israel: Encyclopedia - Ahaziah of Israel

This entry is not about King Ahaziah of Judah. Ahaziah (אחזיהו המלך) was king of Israel and the son of Ahab and Jezebel. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 850 BC-849 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 853 BC-852 BC. The author of the Books of Kings criticized him for following the ways of his father. During his reign the Moabites revolted from under his authority (2 Kings 3:5-7). He united with Jehoshaphat in an attempt to revive maritime trade by the Red Sea, which proved a f ...

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Israel: Encyclopedia - Acre Israel

The city of Acre (Hebrew עַכּוֹ, Standard Hebrew ʻAkko, Tiberian Hebrew ʻAkkô; Arabic عكّا ʻAkkā ▶ (help·info); also Accho, Acco, and St.-Jean d'Acre), is in Western Galilee in the North District, Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2003 the city had a total population of 45,600. It stands on a low promontory at the northern extremity of the Bay of Acr ...

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Israel: Encyclopedia - Terrorism against Israel

Since the failure of the Camp David Accords in the summer of 2000, many acts of militancy were committed by individuals, militant Palestinian groups, and members of the Palestinian Authority against Israeli civilians. This is a partial chronology of actions resulting in deaths during the al-Aqsa Intifada: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 Prior acts of Palestinian militancy are omitted from this page. See Militancy against Israel before 2000. Terrorism against Israel - Early history. ...

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Israel: Encyclopedia - World Agudath Israel

World Agudath Israel (The World Israelite Union) was established in the early twentieth century as the political arm of Orthodox Judaism. Its base was in Eastern Europe where traditional Judaism was strong before the Second World War and was undergoing a revivial due to the Hasidic movement. Its origins lie in a conference held at Kattowitz (Katowice) in 1912 after the Tenth World Zionist Congress had defeated a motion by religious Zionists for funding for religious schools. This defeat resulted in a number of religious Zionists (or < ...

Israel: Encyclopedia - Basic Laws of Israel

Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jerusalem · Tel Aviv · Haifa Zionism · Timeline ·Aliyah · Herzl Balfour · Mandate · 1947 UN Plan Independence · Austerity · Ma'abarot Lavon Affair · Eichmann Trial 1948 War · 1949 Armistice · Suez War Six-Day War · Attrition War Yom Kippur War · Lebanon War Peace treaties with: Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan Timeline · Peace process · Peace camp 1st Inti ...

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Basic Laws of Israel - List of Basic Laws of Israel

Israel: Encyclopedia - Agudath Israel of America

Agudath Israel of America (or Agudas Yisroel of America or Agudat Yisrael of America or simply the Agudah [agudah is Hebrew for "gathering" or "union" ]), is a Haredi Judaism Jewish communal organization in the United States loosely affiliated with the international World Agudath Israel. Not all Haredi groups belong to the Agudah. For example, Satmar considers Agudah to be too "pro-Zi ...

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Agudath Israel of America - Communications

Israel: Encyclopedia - Israel ben Eliezer

Rabbi Israel (Yisroel) ben Eliezer (רבי ישראל בן אליעזר, about 1698 Okopy Świętej Trójcy – May 22, 1760 Międzyborz) was a Jewish Orthodox mystical rabbi who is better known to most religious Jews as the Holy Baal Shem ("der Heiliger Baal Shem" in Yiddish), or most commonly, the Baal Shem Tov. The name "Baal Shem Tov" is usually translated into English as "Master of the Good Name", with "Tov" ("Good") modifying "Shem" ("[Divine] Name"), although it is more correctly understood as a combination of ...

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