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ḤEVER HA-YEHUDIM — (Heb. חֶבֶר הַיְּהוּרִים), a name which appears on Hasmonean coins, indicating some kind of ruling body. It is found particularly in the combination High priest and Ḥever ha Yehudim ; on the coins of the high priest Johanan (either Hyrcanus I or… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
IRAQ — IRAQ, country in S.W. Asia (for period prior to 634 C.E. see mesopotamia and babylonia ). The Diaspora of Iraq was one of the most ancient of the Jewish people. The Jews came to Babylon after the destruction of the First Temple (586 B.C.E.), or… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
OTTOMAN EMPIRE — OTTOMAN EMPIRE, Balkan and Middle Eastern empire started by a Turkish tribe, led by ʿUthmān (1288–1326), at the beginning of the 14th century. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: sources … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CAIRO — CAIRO, capital of egypt . The presence of Jews in Cairo can be traced to a very early date. Fustat (old Cairo) was founded in 641 by the Arab conqueror of Egypt, ʿAmr ibn al ʿÂṣ, near the Byzantine fortress Babylon. It is almost certain that Jews … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jew — A Jew (Hebrew: יְהוּדִי, Yehudi (sl.); he. יְהוּדִים, Yehudim (pl.); Ladino: ג׳ודיו, Djudio (sl.); ג׳ודיוס, Djudios (pl.); Yiddish: ייִד, Yid (sl.); yi. ייִדן, Yidn (pl.)) [According to the The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language … Wikipedia
Jew (word) — This article focuses on the etymology of the word Jew.Biblical and Middle Eastern origins: The Jews in their landThe Jewish ethnonym in Hebrew is he. יהודים Yehudim (plural of he. יהודי Yehudi ) which is the origin of the English word Jew . The… … Wikipedia
Anita Shapira — ( he. אניטה שפירא, born 1940) is an Israeli historian. She is the founder of the Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies, a Ruben Merenfeld Professor of the Study of Zionism and head of the Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism at Tel Aviv… … Wikipedia
Gabriel Milan — Infobox Politician name = Gabriel Milan width = height = caption = birth date = c 1631 birth place = Glückstadt, Germany [Locker, ‘Yehūdīm’, 137.] death date = death date|1689|3|26|mf=y death place = Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark party = residence … Wikipedia
ALGERIA — (Central Maghreb; Ar. al Jazāʾir), modern designation for the central part of North Africa, bordered by morocco on the west and tunisia on the east. Resistance <! > !places of jewish settlement in algeria. Places of Jewish settlement in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
EMANCIPATION — Definitions and Dialectics Emancipation of the Jews in modern times stands alongside such other emancipatory movements as those of the serfs, women, slaves in the United States, and Catholics in England. The term emancipation is derived from… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
