Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Yaari, Yehudah — (1900 82) Israeli writer and diplomat, of Galician origin, brother of Avraham Yaari. He emigrated to Palestine in 1920 and served in the head office of Keren ha Yesod. He held a number of diplo matic posts as cultural attache to the Israeli… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Tou Bichvat — De même que mes pères ont planté pour moi, je planterai pour mes enfants – T.B. Taanit 23a Nom officiel … Wikipédia en Français
HEBRON — (Heb. חֶבְרוֹן; Ar. al Khalīl), city in Ereẓ Israel, 19 mi. (32 km.) S. of Jerusalem in the Judean Hills, 3,050 ft. (930 m.) above sea level. The name Hebron is explained as deriving from the root ḥbr (friend), the name Ḫabiru , or the Arabic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shin Bet — The Audio|He Shabak.ogg|Shabak ( he. שב כ, an acronym for Sherut Bitahon Klali ( he. שירות ביטחון כללי), lit. General Security Service ), officially known in English as Israel Security Agency (ISA), and commonly known as the Shin Bet, [ Shabak is … Wikipedia
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
Sim'hat Torah — Ta Torah m est plus précieuse que des milliers de pièces d argent et d or – Psaumes 119:72 Nom officiel Sim hat Torah (hébreu: שמחת תורה « joie de la Tora … Wikipédia en Français
MALKHI, MOSES — (b. Ezra?; mid 18th century), emissary of Safed, Malkhi had the distinction of being the first emissary of Ereẓ Israel to visit the New World. He was in New York in the summer of 1759 for four and a half months, and it is assumed that he remained … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISRAEL — ISRAEL, family of rabbis, scholars, and emissaries in Jerusalem and Rhodes. MOSES (d. 1740) was an emissary of the Safed and Jerusalem communities from about 1680 to 1740. In 1710–13 he visited Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco on behalf of Safed and … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of members of the first Knesset — The 120 members of the first Knesset were elected on 25 January 1949. The breakdown by party was as follows: Mapai: 46 Mapam: 19 (gained one member during the Knesset term) United Religious Front: 16 Herut: 14 (lost two members during the Knesset … Wikipedia
