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
LEV, ABRAHAM — (1910–1970), Yiddish poet. Born in Piaski near Volkovysk, Belorussia, he settled with his family in Vilna in 1922, studied in the Volozhin and Ramayles yeshivot, immigrated in 1932 to Palestine, and joined kibbutz Givat ha Sheloshah. His first… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LIFSCHITZ, URI — (1936– ), Israeli painter. Lifschitz was born in kibbutz Givat ha Sheloshah. His first paintings were lyrical abstractions, influenced by the Israeli painter yossef zaritsky . His compositions are restless, with intense line and color. Since the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
NAMIR (née Toib), ORA — (1930– ), Israeli politician, member of the Eighth to Thirteenth Knessets. Namir was born in Ḥaderah, and grew up in Moshav Ḥoglah. In the War of Independence she served as an officer in Upper Galilee. During the Second Knesset she served as the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PENUELI (formerly Pineles), SHEMUEL YESHAYAHU — (1904–1965), Hebrew critic and teacher. Born in Galicia, he taught at the Hebrew Teachers Seminary in Vilna and settled in Ereẓ Israel in 1935. For 11 years he was the principal of the school at Nahalal, and later became the principal of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHAPIRO, YA'AKOV SHIMSHON — (1902–1993), Israeli lawyer and politician. Shapiro was born in Russia and studied at the Medical School of Kharkov University. He came to Ereẓ Israel in 1924 and was one of the founders of the kibbutz Givat ha Sheloshah. Later, Shapiro studied… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
UCKO, SIEGFRIED — (Sinai; 1905–1976), rabbi and educator. Born in Gleiwitz (Gliwice), Upper Silesia, Ucko studied at the Juedisch Theologisches Seminar, Breslau, and at the Hochschule (Lehranstalt) fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin. After serving as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
YONATHAN, NATHAN — (1923–2004), Hebrew poet. Yonathan was born in Kiev, in the Ukraine, came to Israel as a child, and grew up in kibbutz Givat ha Sheloshah and later in Petaḥ Tikvah. For nearly 40 years he lived in kibbutz Sarid and later in Tel Aviv. He studied… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ZE'EVI, REḤAVAM — ( Gandhi ; 1926–2001), Israeli military commander and politician, member of the Twelfth to Fifteenth Knessets. Born in Jerusalem, Ze evi went to the regional school at Givat ha Sheloshah. From 1936 to 1944 he was active in the Ha Maḥanot ha Olim… … 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
