Martin Buber Martin Buber (February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965) was an Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship.Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. Martin_Buber
Lod Lod (; , al-Ludd; Greco-Latin Lydda) is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2007, it had a population of 67,000, roughly 80 percent Jewish and 20 percent Arab. The city has been known as Lydda (derived from Biblical Lod) in the English-speaking world throughout most of its existence. Lod
Yigal Allon Yigal Allon (, 10 October 1918 – 29 February 1980) was an Israeli politician, a commander of the Palmach, and a general in the IDF. He served as one of the leaders of Ahdut HaAvoda party and the Israeli Labor party, acting Prime Minister of Israel, as well as being a member of Knesset and government minister from the tenth through the seventeenth Knessets. Yigal_Allon
Aliyah Aliyah () refers to Jewish immigration to Eretz Israel. It is a basic tenet of Zionist ideology. The opposite action, Jewish emigration from Israel, is referred to as Yerida ("descent"). Aliyah
Sde Boker Sde Boker (, lit. Cowboy's Field) is a kibbutz in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Best known as the retirement home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. Sde_Boker
Judea and Samaria Area This article refers to an Israeli-controlled administrative area called Judea and Samaria Area. For the geographical regions known by the biblical names Judea and Samaria, see Judea or Samaria. For uses synonymous with the term "the West Bank", see that entry.Judea and Samaria Area (, Ezor Yehuda VeShomron, also an acronym יו"ש Yosh or ש"י Shai; , al-Yahudiyyah was-Sāmarah) is the official Israeli term roughly corresponding to the territory usually known outside Israel as the West Bank. Judea_and_Samaria_Area
HaGashash HaHiver HaGashash HaHiver (, lit. The Pale Tracker) were an Israeli comedy group. Often called HaGashashim (The Trackers), they are considered a classic of Israeli entertainment and the most influential comedy act in the history of Israel. The three members of the Gashash were Yeshayahu Levi ("Shaike") Yisrael Poliakov ("Poli") (deceased) Gavriel Banai ("Gavri") They were all formerly members of the singing entertainment group, HaTarnegolim (The Roosters). HaGashash_HaHiver
National Water Carrier of Israel The National Water Carrier of Israel (, HaMovil HaArtzi) is the largest water project in Israel. Its main task is to transfer water from the Sea of Galilee in the north of the country to the highly populated center and arid south and to enable efficient use of water and regulation of the water supply in the country. Up to 72,000 cubic meters of water can flow through the carrier each hour, totalling 1.7 million cubic meters in a day. National_Water_Carrier_of_Israel
Gush Etzion Gush Etzion (, literally bloc of Etzion) refers to a group of Jewish villages established from the 1920s south of Jerusalem on the northern part of Mount Hebron in the southern West Bank, and destroyed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War:Hashomer Hatza'ir (Young guards). It also refers to the four Israeli settlements reestablished, following the 1967 Six-Day War and those settlements that have expanded the area of the Gush Etzion Block. Gush_Etzion
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda For the street named for Eliezer Ben Yehuda in Jerusalem, Israel, see Ben Yehuda Street.Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda (, 7 January 1858–16 December 1922) was a key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language. Ben-Yehuda regarded Hebrew and Zionism as symbiotic Eliezer_Ben-Yehuda
Ovadia Yosef Rabbi Ovadia Yosef () (born Abdullah Youssef, 1920 Basra, Iraq) is a Mizrahi Haredi rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and recognized halakhic authority. He is the former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, although he himself is Iraqi, not Sephardi. Yosef is also the current spiritual leader of the Shas political party in the Israeli Knesset. He is highly revered in the religious world, especially in the Sephardi and Mizrahi communities, for his erudition and Torah scholarship. Ovadia_Yosef
World Zionist Organization The World Zionist Organization (), or WZO, was founded as the Zionist Organization (), or ZO, in 1897 at the First Zionist Congress, held from August 29 to August 31 in Basel, Switzerland. The ZO served as an umbrella organization for the Zionist movement, which aimed at creating a Jewish State of Israel in the region then known as Palestine. World_Zionist_Organization
Tzomet Tzomet (, lit Crossroads) is a small secular, right-wing political party in Israel. Tzomet
New antisemitism New antisemitism is the concept that a new form of antisemitism has developed in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, emanating simultaneously from the left, the right, and fundamentalist Islam, and tending to manifest itself as opposition to Zionism and the State of Israel.The concept generally posits that much of what purports to be criticism of Israel by various individuals and world bodies, is, in fact, tantamount to demonization, and that, together with an international resurgence of attacks on Jews and Jewish symbols, and an increased acceptance of antisemitic beliefs in public discourse, such demonization represents an evolution in the appearance of antisemitic beliefs. New_antisemitism
List of Austrian Jews Austria first became a center of Jewish learning during the 13th century. However, increasing anti-semitism led to the expulsion of the Jews in 1669. Following formal readmission in 1848, a sizable Jewish community developed once again, contributing strongly to Austrian culture. List_of_Austrian_Jews