NIẒẒANAH — (Heb. נִצָּנָה; Gr. Nessana), a ruined town in the Negev identified with ʿAwjā al Ḥafīr on the Ismailiya road, 50 mi. (80 km.) S.W. of Beersheba. Nessana was the ancient name of the site as revealed in the papyri found there. It was founded in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Joseph ben Abraham — (Heb. Yosef ben Avraham ha Kohen, also known as Yusuf al Basir [ [http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/rep/J052.htm Karaism ] ] ) was a Karaite philosopher and theologian who flourished in Babylonia or Persia in the first half of the eleventh… … Wikipedia
FRANCES, IMMANUEL BEN DAVID — (1618–c. 1710), Hebrew poet. Born in Leghorn, he was educated by his father David, his brother jacob frances , and especially by R. Joseph Fermo. Immanuel s life was filled with difficulties; not only was he forced to wander from one town to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of minor biblical figures — This list contains persons named in the Bible of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections. This literature related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Contents: A B C D … Wikipedia
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
BIALIK, ḤAYYIM NAḤMAN — (1873–1934), the greatest Hebrew poet of modern times, essayist, storywriter, translator, and editor, who exercised a profound influence on modern Jewish culture. Born in the village of Radi, near Zhitomir (Volhynia), Bialik s development as a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PUBLIC AUTHORITY — PUBLIC AUTHORITY, in the context of this article, a term referring to an authoritative body composed of representatives of the public – whether appointed or elected by the latter – and entrusted with the duty and power to arrange various matters… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Spanish and Portuguese Jews — are a distinctive sub group of Sephardim who have their main ethnic origins within the crypto Jewish communities of the Iberian peninsula and who shaped communities mainly in Western Europe and the Americas from the late 16th century on. These… … Wikipedia
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
