MICHALI, BINYAMIN YIẒḤAK — (1910–1989), Hebrew writer, literary critic, and editor. Born in Bessarabia, Michali lived in Bucharest from 1933 to 1939, where he was active in Zionist circles. He went to Ereẓ Israel in 1939 and joined the staff of the histadrut archives. He… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RAMAT HA-GOLAN — (Heb. רָמַת הַגּוֹלָן; the Golan Heights or Plateau ), comprises practically the whole Golan region of N. Transjordan which forms the western section of the bashan . Ramat ha Golan borders on the upper Jordan Rift Valley and Lake Kinneret in the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AARONSOHN — AARONSOHN, family of pioneers in Ereẓ Israel. EFRAYIM FISHEL (1849–1939), one of the founders of Zikhron Ya akov, was the father of the leaders of nili , AARON, ALEXANDER, and SARAH. Born in Falticeni, Romania, he went to Ereẓ Israel with his… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ASHKENAZI, ABRAHAM BEN JACOB — (1811–1880), Sephardi chief rabbi of Ereẓ Israel. Ashkenazi was born in Larissa, in Greece, but c. 1820 his family settled in Jerusalem where he studied under Samuel Arvaẓ, and was successively appointed a dayyan in the bet din of Benjamin… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BEN-AMI (Dankner), OVED — (1905–1988), founder and long time mayor of Netanyah. Ben Ami, who was born in Petaḥ Tikvah, served as secretary of Benei Binyamin (1924–28), an organization of the sons of early Jewish settlers, which was instrumental in establishing several new … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BEN-AVI, ITHAMAR — (1882–1943), Hebrew journalist and Zionist. He was the son of eliezer ben yehuda , from the initials of whose name Ben Avi formed his Hebrew name. Ben Avi was one of the first modern Jews whose mother tongue was Hebrew. In his early youth he… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ELYASHAR, JACOB SAUL BEN ELIEZER JEROHAM — (1817–1906), Sephardi chief rabbi of Ereẓ Israel (rishon le Ẓion). A grandson of Jacob ben Ḥayyim Elyashar , he was born in Safed. His father, a dayyan, shoḥet, and cantor there, was arrested by the Turkish authorities, but succeeded in escaping… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
EVEN YEHUDAH — (Heb. אֶבֶן יְהוּדָה), rural settlement in central Israel, 4⅓ mi. (7 km.) southeast of Netanyah. The settlement area consists of 3.2 sq. mi. (8.3 sq. km.). It was founded in 1932 by the members of the benei binyamin movement. Two neighboring… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HERZLIYYAH — (Heb. הֶרְצְלִיָּה), town in the southern Sharon, Israel, 10½ mi. (17 km.) N. of Tel Aviv, Herzliyyah was first founded as a moshavah in 1924 on land acquired by the american zion Commonwealth Corporation (a land purchasing agency organized by… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
NAVON, BENJAMIN MORDECAI BEN EPHRAIM — (1788–1851), kabbalist and halakhist, one of the outstanding Jerusalem sages of his time, son of Ephraim b. Jonah Navon. Navon was called Jilibin (Çelebi, a Turkish title of honor). He was head of the kabbalists of the Midrash Ḥasidim Kehillah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
