POPULATION — THE JEWISH POPULATION Growth by Aliyah In 1882 the Jewish population of Ereẓ Israel numbered some 24,000, roughly 5% of the total, and about 0.3% of the world Jewish population. Since then there has been an almost continuous flow of aliyah, which … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HA-NO'AR HA-IVRI-AKIBA — HA NO AR HA IVRI AKIBA, pioneering and scouting Zionist youth movement with special attachment to the traditional values of Judaism. The movement was founded in Cracow as an organization of Jewish students in non Jewish high schools. In 1924… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MA'OZ ḤAYYIM — (Heb. מָעוֹז חַיִּים), kibbutz in central Israel, in the Beth Shean Valley near the Jordan River, affiliated to Ha Kibbutz ha Me uḥad. It was founded in 1937 during the 1936–39 Arab riots, as the first stockade and watchtower village east of Beth … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2004 — This page is a partial listing of incidents of violence in the Israeli Palestinian conflict in 2004. * IDT = Israeli (civilians/soldiers) killed by Palestinians; cumulative * PDT = Palestinians (unarmed/armed) killed by Israelis; cumulative.… … Wikipedia
Hafrada — ( he. הפרדה) is the English transliteration of the Hebrew word for separation.cite web|title= Republished as an excerpt of the original 28 October 2000 article in the Courrier International, under the title Au fil des jours, Périphéries explore… … Wikipedia
Medal of Valor (Israel) — עיטור הגבורה Awarded by Israel Defense Forces Type Military decoration Eligibility Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces Awarded for Heroism … Wikipedia
IRAN — (official name: Islamic Republic of Iran), country in S.W. Asia, before 1935 known as Persia. Iran covers an area of 1,648,195 square km and includes 28 provinces, 714 districts, 718 towns, and 2,258 villages. Up to 1948 Jews were scattered in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CULTURAL LIFE — Introduction The movement for the return to Zion which emerged as a force at the end of the 19th century was based on a variety of motivations, including the political – the demand for an independent homeland where the Jews could forge their own… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
