Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
TAMMUZ, BENJAMIN — (1919–1989), Israeli writer and journalist. A native of Kharkov (Russia), Tammuz went to Ereẓ Israel in 1924. He studied at a yeshivah while attending the Herzlia secondary school in Tel Aviv. Later he worked as a laborer in British army camps, a … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Benjamin Tammuz — ( he. בנימין תמוז)(July 11, 1919 ndash;July 19, 1989) was an Israeli writer and artist who contributed to Israeli culture in many disciplines, as a novelist, journalist, critic, painter, and sculptor.Benjamin Tammuz was born in Soviet Russia.… … Wikipedia
Tammuz — I Tammuz [ muz; hebräisch], sumerisch und akkadisch Dumuzi [ zi; »rechter Sohn«], altmesopotamischer (dem westsemitischen Adonis verwandter) Vegetationsgott; Hirte und Geliebter der Göttin Inanna (Ischtar) von Uruk, die ihn den Dämonen der… … Universal-Lexikon
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
INCUNABULA — Introduction The term incunabula (or cradle books ) denotes books printed before 1500, including broadsheets, or other typographical products printed from letterpress composed of movable type. The first book known to be printed by Gutenberg in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHABBETAI ẒEVI — (1626–1676), the central figure of Shabbateanism, the messianic movement named after him. Background of the Movement Shabbateanism was the largest and most momentous messianic movement in Jewish history subsequent to the destruction of the Temple … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FASTING AND FAST DAYS — FASTING AND FAST DAYS, the precept (or custom) of refraining from eating and drinking. In the Bible Although the origins of the ritual of fasting are obscure, several current theories claim that it originated as (1) a spiritual preparation for… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Cheshvan — ← Tishrei Marcheshvan (מַרְחֶשְׁוָן) Kislev → The Great Flood, which supposedly wiped … Wikipedia
Menachem Mendel Schneerson — For the third Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch dynasty see Menachem Mendel Schneersohn Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson Lubavitcher Rebbe … Wikipedia
Operation Opera — For the Yugoslav Wars operation, see Operation Opera Orientalis. Babylon Part of Arab–Israeli Conflict Map of the attack … Wikipedia
