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Israel
Israel the Hebrew nation or people. According to tradition they are descended from the patriarch Jacob (also named Israel), whose twelve sons became founders of the twelve tribes. Also called children of Israel.Israel was also used as the name of the northern kingdom of the Hebrews (c.930–72... Read more
Bene Israel
Bene Israel or Beni Israel [Heb.,=sons of Israel], Jewish community of India, living mostly in and near Mumbai (formerly Bombay). Many thousands of others have settled in Israel since 1948. According to their own legend, they are descended from Jews who fled persecutions in Palestine in the 2d ... Read more
Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwill 1864-1926, English author, b. London. He became a journalist and founded Ariel, a humorous paper. Zangwill wrote Children of the Ghetto (1892), later dramatized and performed in England and America, and Dreamers of the Ghetto (1898), a series of biographical studies. His other... Read more
Israel Putnam
Israel Putnam 1718-90, American Revolutionary general, b. Salem (now Danvers), Mass. A farmer at Pomfret, Conn., he fought in the French and Indian Wars , seeing action at Montreal (1760) and at Havana (1762). In 1764, he was commander of the Connecticut force sent to relieve Pontiac's siege of De... Read more
Manasseh ben Israel
Manasseh ben Israel 1604-57, Jewish scholar and communal leader, b. Portugal. Early in his life he settled in Amsterdam, where he became a rabbi and started (1627) the first Hebrew press there. He is best known for his efforts to obtain the readmission of Jews into England, where they had been forb... Read more
Moses ben Israel Isserles
Moses ben Israel Isserles , c.1525-1572, Polish rabbi, annotator, and philosopher, b. Kraków, known as Remah. He is best known for his glosses on the code of Jewish law of Joseph ben Ephraim Caro . Isserles became chief rabbi in Kraków, where he established a yeshiva. In 1553 he built... Read more
Israel Joshua Singer
Israel Joshua Singer 1893-1944, Polish-American novelist and playwright who wrote in Yiddish, older brother of Isaac Bashevis Singer . Living variously in Poland and Russia, he earned a literary reputation in both countries. His collection of stories Perl un Andere Dertzeylungen (1922; tr. Pear... Read more
Aholah and Aholibah
Aholah and Aholibah , in the Bible, the sisters in an allegory on Israel's idolatry. ... Read more
Eli
Eli , in the Bible, high priest and judge of Israel, teacher of the boy Samuel. ... Read more
Girgashite
Girgashite or Girgasite , in the Bible, Canaanite nation, whose land was occupied by Israel. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Israel"

Israel: Overview
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ISRAEL: OVERVIEW Officially, the State of Israel, a democratic republic established by proclamation 15 May 1948. Israel (in Hebrew, Medinat Yisrael) is a small state in both population — estimated at 6.7 million in September 2003...
Bene Israel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Bene Israel ETHNONYMS: Beni Israel, Shanwar Teli Orientation Identification. The Bene Israel Indian Jews lived in Bombay and in villages on the Konkan Coast, south of Bombay, in Maharashtra State. Today less than 5,000 Bene Israel live in...
Israel
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Israel area: 26,650sq km (10,290sq mi) population...agorat Republic in sw Asia. The State of Israel, a small nation in the e Mediterranean...narrow, fertile coastal plain, site of Israel's main industrial cities, Haifa and Tel...
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a national advocacy group that lobbies for U.S. support to the nation of Israel. Founded in 1951, AIPAC has grown into a 65,000-member...
Agudat Israel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa AGUDAT ISRAEL Organization of Orthodox Jewry; political party of Orthodox Jews in Israel. The organization was founded in Katowice...the Orthodox community. In Palestine, Agudat Israel was established to be independent of the organized...
Israel, Relations with
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ISRAEL, RELATIONS WITH During most of the Soviet...military support (via Czechoslovakia) to Israel during its war of independence (1948...position and it broke diplomatic relations with Israel during the June 1967 Six-Day War. From...
Israel: Political Parties in
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ISRAEL: POLITICAL PARTIES IN Major or significant political parties in Israel, including pre-state forerunners. Agudat Israel ("Society of Israel") Agudat Israel is political party founded in Poland in 1912, created by the ultraorthodox...
Jews of Israel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Jews of Israel ETHNONYMS: Yahudim (pl.), Yisraelim...Orientation Identification. The state of Israel came into formal existence on 14 May 1948...the cease-fire defined the state of Israel until the 1967 War (the "Six Day War...
Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa PALESTINIAN CITIZENS OF ISRAEL a remnant of the larger arab community...mandate palestine that became the state of israel in 1948. Until 1948, both Jewish and...1948, both Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel were called Israelis. In recent years...
Manasseh ben Israel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Manasseh ben Israel The Dutch rabbi, author, publisher, and communal leader Manasseh ben Israel (1604-1657) is best known for his indefatigable...auto-da-f é , and Manasseh ben Israel was born in France the following year. The...

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Israel, Relations with
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ISRAEL, RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL, RELATIONS WITH. The phrase "special relationship" describes...the two countries is extraordinary, and the U.S. commitment to Israel encompasses moral, religious, diplomatic, economic, and strategic...
Israel
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Israel Used for the twelve tribes, who trace their descent from Jacob , who was also called Israel (Gen. 32: 28). After the one kingdom...northern kingdom from 924 to 721 BCE is called Israel, as distinct from Judah . But the OT text...
tribes of Israel
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible tribes of Israel The nation of Israel was divided into twelve tribes, recognizably related but each...traced their corporate existence to the eponymous ancestor Jacob or Israel (Gen. 32: 28; 35: 10). Six tribes were regarded as descended...
Erez Israel
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Erez Israel (Heb., ‘Land of Israel’). The Jewish Promised Land . Erez Israel was the Hebrew name given to the land governed by the British mandate, 1919–48.
Israel of God
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Israel of God Paul asserts that the promises made by...continuing relationship to the twelve tribes of Israel, even if the form of the saying at Matt. 19...comprising both Jews and Gentiles ‘the Israel of God’.
Bene Israel
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Bene Israel (Heb. ‘Sons of Israel’). Early Jews (of the biblical period), but...in complete isolation. By 1969, 12,000 had emigrated to Israel , although the religious establishment initially raised questions...
Tribes of Israel
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Tribes of Israel the twelve divisions of ancient Israel, each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob. Ten of the tribes...bc, leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. Also called Twelve Tribes of Israel .
Holy One of Israel
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Holy One of Israel A title for the God of Israel often used in all parts of the book of Isaiah (e.g. Isa. 41: 14) affirming the absolute separation of God from humanity, but also his special relationship to the nation of Israel.
Israel ben Eliezer, Baal Shem Tov
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Israel ben Eliezer, Baal Shem Tov, or Besht (1700–60). Founder of E. European Ḥasidism . Many legends are circulated about the life of Israel Ben Eliezer. On his thirty-sixth birthday, he is said to have revealed...
Agudat Israel
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Agudat Israel ( Agudat Yisraʾel ). ‘Union of Israel’, abbreviated as Agudah, a world movement of Orthodox Jews. It was founded in 1912, from a number of Orthodox communities as a counterweight to the programmes...

Thesaurus entries related to "Israel"

tribe
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English tribe • noun   1. the tribes of Israel synonyms : ethnic group, family, dynasty, clan, sept.   2. meet a tribe of doctors at the conference synonyms : group, crowd, company, party, band, number, gang, assembly, collection; inf. bunch.
fulfill
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus fulfill • verb   1. she fulfilled a lifelong ambition to visit Israel synonyms : achieve, attain, realize, actualize, make happen, succeed in, bring to completion, bring to fruition, satisfy...

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Israel celebrates 60 years; Tribulations and triumphs of a people besieged.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/8/2008; 700+ words ; ...few weeks after the birth of the State of Israel 60 years ago, journalist Robert St. John interviewed Israel's first foreign minister, Moshe Sharett...million immigrants over the coming 10 years (Israel's Jewish population at that was 800...
Israel's uncertain strategic future.(Report)
Magazine article from: Parameters; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; Israel's Strategic Future: The Final Report...Project Daniel" was the presumption that Israel urgently needs a coherent plan for dealing...however, that the primary threats to Israel's physical survival were more likely to...
Israel puts Gaza blame on Egypt; Says Cairo should supply power, food.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 1/25/2008; 700+ words ; ...A top defense official yesterday said Israel wants to completely sever ties with the...responsible for it, Mr. Vilnai told Israel Army radio. So we want to disconnect...that had been running out in Gaza since Israel tightened its blockade last week in response...
Israel's terror
Newspaper article from: Chicago Defender; 7/21/2006; ; 700+ words ; "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to...of the founding fathers of the state of Israel. His political and military succesors are...medicine, electricity and their lives. Israel has invaded a sovereign nation, Lebanon...
Israel hits Hezbollah targets in Lebanon Missiles avenge recent shelling of communities
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/12/1996; ; 700+ words ; TEL AVIV -- The low-level war between Israel and Lebanese Muslim militants north of its border grew...retaliation for recent shelling of towns in northern Israel. Israel fired missiles from aircraft and helicopters at three...
ISRAEL;Israel Wants Stiff Weapons Ban for Iraq
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/1/1991; ; 700+ words ; Israel today demanded that Iraq be banned from...troubled by the unprecedented failure of Israel to respond to Iraq's Scud missile attacks...for them better to have to do only with Israel," he said, speaking in English. {Shamir...
Israel, U.S. plan drill to combat missiles.
News Wire article from: UPI Emerging Threats; 9/21/2009; 700+ words ; ...strategic anti-ballistic missile systems in Israel after President Barack Obama scrapped...mention of basing any interceptor systems in Israel. However, Poland's media reported earlier this month that Israel -- and possibly NATO ally Turkey...
Israel in the Development of Christian Thought
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; Israel in the Development of Christian Thought. By Ronald E. Diprose...development of especially patristic material on the denigration of Israel and how the Church replaced Israel theologically. The author accurately sums up his findings as...
Is Israel a Bikini Brand or the Holy Land?
Newspaper article from: Israel Faxx; 4/27/2007; 700+ words ; ...from foreign rule. But in the case of Israel, independence should also mean the freedom...everyone sees it that way. In fact, Israel's Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, is...embark on a massive PR campaign painting Israel as a sexy modern country with beautiful...
Israel May Yet Lose Its Giant Grab for U.S. Funds to Underwrite Its Current Alliance With Turkey
Magazine article from: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; 8/31/1999; ; 700+ words ; Israel May Yet Lose Its Giant Grab for U.S. Funds to Underwrite Its Current Alliance With Turkey After the 1967 Arab-Israel war, during which Israel seized large Arab territories, it sought close relations with a...