Encyclopedia - Nosson Zvi Finkel: Encyclopedia Ii - Nosson Zvi Finkel - Land Of Israel
Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel staged one of the most dramatic moves in the history of yeshivot. In the 1920s he decided to create a branch of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Land Of Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Land Of Israel - Dimensions Of The Land Of Israel
The Tanakh (or Hebrew Bible referred to also as the "Old Testament" by Christians) contains several descriptions of the borders of the la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israeli-occupied Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Israeli-occupied Territories - Specific Territories
Israeli-occupied territories - The Sinai Peninsula. The Sinai Peninsula is a sparsely populated territory between the Suez Canal and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camp David Accords 1978: Encyclopedia - Camp David Accords 1978
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Kabbalah
Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian Territories - Claims
Bi-national claims to the same lands have been made, based on exacerbated political and ethnic distinctions. While a neutral observer may...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish State: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish State - Jewish State Or A State Of Jews?
There has been growing debate in Israel on the character of the state, if it should enshrine more Jewish culture, encourage Judaism in sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian Territories - Claims
Bi-national claims to the same lands have been made, based on exacerbated political and ethnic distinctions. While a neutral observer ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Israel: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Israel
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jaffa: Encyclopedia Ii - Jaffa - History
Jaffa - Name sources. Jaffa (or Yaffo) is one of the most ancient port cities in the world. Some claim that Jaffa was named after Japhe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia Ii - Jew - History Of The Jews
Jew - Jews and migrations. Throughout Jewish history, Jews have repeatedly been directly or indirectly expelled from both their origina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rafael Eitan: Encyclopedia Ii - Rafael Eitan - Military Career
Rafael Eitan - Early battles. Eitan was a junior officer in the elite Palmach strike force and took part in the Israel's War of Indepen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balfour Declaration 1917: Encyclopedia - Balfour Declaration 1917
The Balfour Declaration was a letter dated November 2, 1917 from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour on behalf of the British ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Azriel Hildesheimer: Encyclopedia - Azriel Hildesheimer
Israel Azriel Hildesheimer was a German rabbi, and leader of Orthodox Judaism. He is regarded as a pioneering "Moderniser" of Orthodox Ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aliyah: Encyclopedia - Aliyah
Aliyah (Hebrew: עלייה; "ascent") is a term widely used to mean Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basic Laws Of Israel: Encyclopedia - Basic Laws Of Israel
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beth Din: Encyclopedia - Beth Din
A beth din (בית דין, Hebrew: "house of judgment", plural battei din) is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obadiah Ben Abraham: Encyclopedia - Obadiah Ben Abraham
Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro was a Jewish rabbi and a commentator on the Mishnah, commonly known as "The Bartenura" by Orthodox Judai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avraham Shlonsky: Encyclopedia - Avraham Shlonsky
Avraham Shlonsky (1900 - 1973), Hebrew אברהם שלונסקי, was an Israeli poet born in Ukraine. He was important in the poetry of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bnei Brak: Encyclopedia - Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak (or Bene Beraq) (Hebrew: בְּנֵי בְּרַק Bəne Bəraq "Sons of Lightning") is a city in Israel, on the central coasta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archaeology Of Israel: Encyclopedia - Archaeology Of Israel
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Altalena Affair: Encyclopedia - Altalena Affair
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1947 Un Partition Plan: Encyclopedia - 1947 Un Partition Plan
On 29 November 1947 the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, a plan to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict in the British Mandate of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bilu: Encyclopedia - Bilu
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1949 Armistice Agreements: Encyclopedia - 1949 Armistice Agreements
The 1949 Armistice Agreements are a set of agreements signed during 1949 between Israel and its neighbors Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oslo Accords: Encyclopedia - Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles (D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agudat Israel: Encyclopedia - Agudat Israel
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab-israeli Conflict: Encyclopedia - Arab-israeli Conflict
The Arab-Israeli conflict is a long-running conflict in the Middle East concerning self-determination of the Jews in the Land of Israel a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zionism: Encyclopedia - Zionism
Zionism is a political movement and an ideology that supports a Jewish homeland in the Land of Israel, where the Jewish nation originated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War Of Attrition: Encyclopedia - War Of Attrition
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yehuda Bauer: Encyclopedia - Yehuda Bauer
Yehuda Bauer (born 1926) is an historian and scholar of the Holocaust. He is a Professor of Holocaust Studies at the Avraham Harman Insti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vilna Gaon: Encyclopedia - Vilna Gaon
The Vilna Gaon (April 23, 1720 – October 9, 1797) was a prominent Jewish rabbi, Talmud scholar, and Kabbalist. His real name was Elijah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Zionist Organization: Encyclopedia - World Zionist Organization
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yamam: Encyclopedia - Yamam
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Settler: Encyclopedia - Settler
Settlers are people who have migrated from the land of their birth to live permanently colonies controlled militarily by their home count...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conversion To Judaism: Encyclopedia - Conversion To Judaism
Conversion to Judaism (Hebrew גיור, giur, "conversion") is the religious conversion of a previously non-Jewish person to the Jewish r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Torah Judaism: Encyclopedia - United Torah Judaism
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Covenant Israel: Encyclopedia - Covenant Israel
The Biblical covenants could be subdivided into several sub-headings: The covenant with Abraham, found in Genesis 15, granting the Israel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Covenant Biblical: Encyclopedia - Covenant Biblical
Covenant , meaning a solemn contract, is the customary word used to translate the Hebrew word berith (ברית, Tiberian Hebrew bərîṯ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yad Vashem: Encyclopedia - Yad Vashem
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chevra Kadisha: Encyclopedia - Chevra Kadisha
A chevra kadisha (Hebrew: holy society, better translated as "burial society") is a loosely structured but generally closed organization ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yom Ha'atzma'ut: Encyclopedia - Yom Ha'atzma'ut
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yom Hazikaron: Encyclopedia - Yom Hazikaron
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zaka: Encyclopedia - Zaka
ZAKA זק"א - איתור חילוץ והצלה - חסד של אמת (an abbreviation for "Identifying Victims of Disaster" (in Hebrew: Z...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaim Joseph David Azulai: Encyclopedia - Chaim Joseph David Azulai
Rabbi Chaim Joseph David ben Isaac Zerachia Azulai (1724, 21 March 1807), commonly known as the Chida (by the acronym of his name), was a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yohanan Ben Zakkai: Encyclopedia - Yohanan Ben Zakkai
Yohanan ben Zakkai was a Jewish sage of the first century of the common era, and a primary contributor to the core text of rabbinic Judai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yerida: Encyclopedia - Yerida
Yerida (Hebrew: ירידה Translit.: yerida Translated: descent) is the term widely used to mean emigration by Jews and Israelis from th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Wall: Encyclopedia - Western Wall
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yehuda Halevi: Encyclopedia - Yehuda Halevi
Judah Ha-Levi, also Yehudah Halevi, or Judah ben Samuel Halevi(Hebrew רבי יהודה הלוי) (c.1085-1141 CE) was a Jewish Spanish p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellow Badge: Encyclopedia - Yellow Badge
A yellow badge, also referred to as a Jewish badge, is a mandatory mark or a piece of cloth of specific geometric shape, worn on the oute...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bukharan Jews: Encyclopedia - Bukharan Jews
Bukharan Jews (Bukhoran Jews, Bukharian Jews) is a blanket term for Jews from the Central Asia speaking a dialect of Tajik language. They...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zionism And Racism: Encyclopedia - Zionism And Racism
Zionism maintains that the Jewish people constitute a nation and are entitled to a national homeland. Its focus is on governing the Land ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abraham Isaac Kook: Encyclopedia - Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook (1864 - 1935) a well-known proponent of Religious Zionism, was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian Territories - Legal Status Of The Territories
The final status of the Palestinian territories as becoming (wholly or largely) an independent state for the Palestinian people is suppor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia - Christianity And Anti-semitism
This article is about the history of Christianity and anti-Semitism. Anti-Jewish sentiment has been expressed by many Christians over the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz: Encyclopedia - Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz
Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (also "Yishayahu", "Yeshayah", "Yeshayah", "Yishaya" - in English Abraham Isaiah Karelitz) (1878-1953) known b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holocaust Theology: Encyclopedia - Holocaust Theology
Holocaust theology refers to a body of theological and philosophical debate, soul-searching, and analysis, with the subsequent related li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judah: Encyclopedia - Judah
Judah (יְהוּדָה "Praise", Standard Hebrew Yəhuda, Tiberian Hebrew Yəhûḏāh) is the name of several Biblical and historical f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel: Encyclopedia - Israel
The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל ▶ (help·info); Medinat Yisra'el; Arabic: دَوْلَةْ إِسْ�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism
Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility toward or prejudice against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian Territories - Terminology
Because nearly all Palestinians (along with the bulk of the nations in the United Nations) consider these territories to be under occupat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian Territories - Historical Status Of West Bank And Gaza Strip
The only natural geographic boundaries for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, respectively....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian Territories - Legal Status Of The Territories
The final status of the Palestinian territories as an independent state for the Palestinian people is supported by the countries that bac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian Territories - Terminology
Because nearly all Palestinians (along with the bulk of the nations in the United Nations) consider these territories to be under occupat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish State: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish State - Criticism
The idea of Israel being a Jewish State has drawn much controversy because of the large number of Muslim and Christian Palestinians resid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian Territories - Legal Status Of The Territories
The final status of the Palestinian territories as becoming (wholly or largely) an independent state for the Palestinian people is suppor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestinian Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestinian Territories - Historical Status Of West Bank And Gaza Strip
In 1922, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire that ruled the region of Palestine for four centuries (1517-1917), the British Mandate ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jew: Encyclopedia - Jew
Jew - Usage note. Some uses of the term "Jew" are tainted by historic anti-Jewish bigotry. The correct adjectival form is "Jewish"; the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judea: Encyclopedia - Judea
Judea or Judaea (יהודה "Praise", Standard Hebrew Yəhuda, Tiberian Hebrew Yəhûḏāh) (Greek: Ιουδαία) is a term used for t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Promised Land: Encyclopedia - Promised Land
According to the Bible, the Land of Israel (Hebrew: Eretz Yisrael) was promised to the descendants of Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia - Judaism
Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern Orthodox Judaism: Encyclopedia - Modern Orthodox Judaism
Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox, also known as Modern Orthodoxy and sometimes abbreviated as "MO") is a movement within Ortho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestine: Encyclopedia - Palestine
Palestine (Hebrew: פלשתינה Palestina , Arabic: فلسطين Filasṭīn or Falasṭīn, see also Canaan, Eretz Yisrael) is the reg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Religious Pluralism: Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Religious Pluralism
This article deals with Jewish views of religious pluralism. Religious pluralism is a set of religious worldviews that hold that one's re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Targum: Encyclopedia - Targum
A targum (plural: targumim) is an Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) written or compiled in the Land of Israel or in Babylo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday: Encyclopedia - Jewish Holiday
A Jewish holiday or Jewish Festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as holy or secular commemorations of important events in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosh Hashanah: Encyclopedia - Rosh Hashanah
This article is about the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. For the tractate in the Talmud with the same name, see Rosh Hashanah (Talmu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish State: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish State - A Jewish Commonwealth
Advocates of Israel becoming a more narrowly Jewish commonwealth face at least the following practical and theoretical difficulties: How...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History: Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Jewish History
This entry contains a timeline of the development of Judaism and the Jewish people. Note that all dates are given according to the Common...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israeli-occupied Territories: Encyclopedia Ii - Israeli-occupied Territories - Applicability Of The Term Occupied
The United Nations Security Council (in Resolution 465 and Resolution 484, among others), the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Gene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Aircraft Industries: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Aircraft Industries - Products
Israel Aircraft Industries - Civilian Air systems. Arava - medium sized STOL transport aircraft Westwind business jet Astra/Galaxy bus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Railways: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Railways - Lines
One railway line goes North along the coast reaching Haifa, the Krayot, and Nahariya. One goes South to Be'er Sheva with a new spur from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Refugee: Encyclopedia Ii - Refugee - Refugee Groups
Refugee - Boat people. Boat people is a term usually referring to impoverished illegal immigrants or asylum seekers who arrive en masse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Overview
Israel Defense Forces - Service and manpower. National military service is compulsory for Jewish men and women over the age of 17, alt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Border Police: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Border Police - History
The Border Police was founded as the Frontier Corps (Hebrew: חיל הספר), a gendarmerie under the IDF in 1949 with the task of provi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israeli Air Force: Encyclopedia Ii - Israeli Air Force - History
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semicha: Encyclopedia Ii - Semicha - Semicha In The Times Of The Hebrew Bible
According to the Hebrew Bible, Moses ordained Joshua through semicha. (Num 27:22-23, Deut 34:9). Moses also ordained the 70 elders (Deut ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israeli Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Israeli Literature - History
The selection of authors mentioned here is according to the articles under References below. Quoted text is from the 2003 article except ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shaul Tchernichovsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Shaul Tchernichovsky - Life
Shaul Tchernichovsky was born on 19 Av 5635 of the Hebrew calendar in the village of Mikhaelovka on the Ukraine border. He started at a r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israeli Peace Camp: Encyclopedia Ii - Israeli Peace Camp - Criticism
The Israeli peace camp is highly criticized for lacking realism given the absence of a corresponding movement on the Arab side of the con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jaffa: Encyclopedia Ii - Jaffa - History
Jaffa - Name sources. Jaffa (or Yaffo) is one of the most ancient port cities in the world. Some claim that Jaffa was named after Japhe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Police: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Police - Organization
The Israeli Police is a professional force, with some 30,000 officers on payroll. There are also some 70,000 Citizen Guard (Ma'shaz) volu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israeli Security Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israeli Security Forces - General Remarks
The ISF are viewed by most experts as one of the best in their fields, especially in counter-terrorism. Many of the world's security expe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Israel - Famous Israeli Scientists
Science and technology in Israel - Nobel Prize Winners. See also: List of Jewish Nobel Prize winners Three Israelis have won science ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel-jordan Treaty Of Peace: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel-jordan Treaty Of Peace - Articles Of The Treaty
The following is a synopsis of the treaty's thirty articles: Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace - Article 1: Peace established. Peace is est...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson Raphael Hirsch: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson Raphael Hirsch - Influence And Controversy
There is considerable controversy over Hirsch's legacy; this is a matter of debate between Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) and Modern Orthodox wr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israeli Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Israeli Arab - Legal And Political Status
Arab Israelis are citizens of Israel with equal political rights. In 1948, Israel's Declaration of Independence called upon the Arab inha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Ben Judah Ibn Tibbon: Encyclopedia Ii - Samuel Ben Judah Ibn Tibbon - Original Writings
He composed in 1213, on shipboard, when returning from Alexandria, Biur meha-Millot ha-Zarot, an explanation of the philosophical terms o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sayeret: Encyclopedia Ii - Sayeret - Sayeret Units In The Idf
Combat brigades in the IDF usually have a company with improved weaponry, also known as plugat siyur (Hebrew: פלוגת-סיור, pl. pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel And The United Nations: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel And The United Nations - History
Both the League of Nations's 1922 Mandate for Palestine and the 1947 UN Partition Plan supported the aim of Zionism: the establishment of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Israel Defense Forces - Timeline And Major Events
History of the Israel Defense Forces - Before 1948. Following the 1947 UN Partition Plan which divided the British Mandate of Palestine...   » Read the article