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| Ludwigslust Ludwigslust () is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 40 km south of Schwerin. It is the capital of the district of Ludwigslust. Ludwigslust | |
| Pogrom pogrom is a form of riot directed against a particular group, whether ethnic, religious, or other, and characterized by the killing and destruction of their homes, businesses, and religious centers. The term was originally used to denote extensive violence against Jews – either spontaneous or premeditated – but in English it is also applied to similar incidents against other minority groups. Pogrom | |
| Negev Negev (also Negeb; , Tiberian vocalization:desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab (). The origin of the word Negev is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'. In the Bible the word Negev is also used for the direction 'south'. Negev | |
| Gas chamber A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. The most commonly used poisonous agent is hydrogen cyanide; carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide have also been used. Gas chambers were used as a method of execution for condemned prisoners in the United States beginning in the 1920s. Gas_chamber | |
| Jewish exodus from Arab lands The Jewish exodus from Arab lands refers to the 20th century expulsion or mass departure of Jews, primarily of Sephardi and Mizrahi background, from Arab and Islamic countries. The migration started in the late 19th century, but accelerated after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.800,000 to 1,000,000 Jews were either forced out or fled their homes in Arab countries from 1948 until the early 1970s; 260,000 reached Israel in 1948-1951, 600,000 by 1972. Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_lands | |
| Abraham ibn Ezra Rabbi Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra (Hebrew:אברהם אבן עזרא or ראב"ע, also known as Abenezra) was born in Tudela, Islamic Spain(1089), and died c. 1164 (apparently in London). (Some have the dates as (1092 or 1093–1167)).He was one of the most distinguished Jewish men of letters and writers of the Middle Ages. Ibn Ezra excelled in philosophy, astronomy/astrology, medicine, poetry, linguistics, and exegesis; he was called The Wise, The Great and The Admirable Doctor. Abraham_ibn_Ezra | |
| List of suicides The following are lists of notable people who intentionally terminated their own lives. Suicides committed under duress are included. Deaths by accident or misadventure are excluded. Individuals who might or might not have died by their own hand, or whose intention to die is in dispute, but who are widely believed to have deliberately killed themselves, may be listed under Possible suicides. List_of_suicides | |
| Ramesses III Usimare Ramesses III (also written Ramses and Rameses) was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty and is considered to be the last great New Kingdom king to wield any substantial authority over Egypt. He was the son of Setnakhte and Queen Tiy-merenese. Ramesses_III | |
| Ernst Zündel Talk:Ernst_Zündel | |
| Abba Eban Abba Eban (, born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban 2 February 1915 - 17 November 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician. Abba_Eban | |
| Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Not to be confused with the Belzec extermination camp. Belsen redirects here. For other meanings, see Belsen (disambiguation). Bergen-Belsen_concentration_camp | |
| Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenazi_Jews | |
| Sephardi Jews Sephardi Jews (, Standard 'Tiberian 'ספרדים, Standard 'Tiberian 'Spanish 'Portuguese 'Greek 'Turkish 'Judaeo-Spanish Sefardies) are a subgroup of Jews originating in the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa, usually defined in contrast to Ashkenazi or Mizrahi Jews. Sephardi_Jews | |
| Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky (July 4, 1902 gangster who, with Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of The Commission (and possibly the "National Crime Syndicate") in the United States. Lansky developed a gambling empire which ranged from Saratoga, Miami, Las Vegas and was officially in charge of gambling concessions in Cuba. Meyer_Lansky | |
| Emsland Landkreis Emsland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany named after the river Ems. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Leer, Cloppenburg and Osnabrück, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (district of Steinfurt), the district of Bentheim and the Netherlands (provinces of Drenthe and Groningen). Emsland | |
| Eau Claire, Wisconsin Eau Claire is a city located in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 61,704 as of the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Eau Claire County, although a small portion of the city lies in neighboring Chippewa County. Eau Claire is the principal city of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the Eau-Claire-Menomonie Combined Statistical Area. Eau_Claire,_Wisconsin | |
| Barney Ross Barney Ross, born Dov-Ber Rasofsky (December 23, 1909boxer. After his beloved father, a rabbi, dies in his arms after being shot in a robbery, Ross, a rabbinical studentRoss was perhaps the first Jewish-American person ever to have a ticker-tape parade in his honor, and likely the first to be celebrated by a president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a Rose Garden ceremony after his WW II heroics. As a professional athlete, he made more money than Barney_Ross | |
| Modern Orthodox Judaism Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance and values with the secular, modern world. United States, and generally in the Western world, "Centrist Orthodoxy" — underpinned by the philosophy of Torah Umadda ("Torah and Knowledge/Science") — is prevalent. Modern_Orthodox_Judaism | |
| Institute for Historical Review Talk:Institute_for_Historical_Review | |
| Afrika Korps The German Afrikakorps (German:Deutsches Afrikakorps, DAK expeditionary force in Libya and Tunisia during the North African Campaign of World War II. The force was kept as a distinct formation and became the main German contribution to Panzer Army Africa which evolved into the German-Italian Panzer Army (Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee) and Army Group Africa. Afrika_Korps | |
| Medal of Honor Medal_of_Honor | |
| Diane Arbus Diane Arbus (14 March 1923 26 July 1971) was one of the most original and influential American photographers of the 20th century. In 2003 she and her work were the subject of a major exhibitionDiane Arbus Revelations that was organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and traveled to other locations including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2005. In 2006 her life story was the subject of a motion picture starring Nicole Kidman as Diane Arbus. Diane_Arbus | |
| Abraham Isaac Kook Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935) was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine, the founder of the Religious Zionist Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav, Jewish thinker, Halachist, Kabbalist and a renowned Torah scholar. He is known in Hebrew as הרב אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק HaRav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, and by the acronym HaRaAYaH or simply as "HaRav." He was one of the most celebrated and influential Rabbis of the 20th century. Abraham_Isaac_Kook | |
| Porajmos The Porajmos (also Porrajmos, literally, Devouring in some dialects of the Romani language) is a Romani term introduced by Romani scholar and activist Ian Hancock to describe attempts by the regime in Nazi Germany to exterminate most of the Romani people of Europe as part of the Holocaust. Porajmos | |
| Islam and antisemitism Islam and antisemitism looks at the teaching of Islam relating to Jews and Judaism and the attitudes of the Muslim world in history to Jews as a people, and the treatment of Jews in Muslim countries.With the origin of Islam in the 7th century AD and its rapid spread in the Arabian peninsula and beyond, Jews (and many other peoples) came to be subject to the rule of Muslim rulers. Islam_and_antisemitism | |
| 613 Mitzvot The 613 Mitzvot (Taryag Mitzvot, "613 commandments") are statements and principles of law and ethics contained in the Torah or Five Books of Moses. These principles of Biblical law are sometimes called commandments (mitzvot) or collectively as the "Law of Moses" (Torat Moshe, ), "Mosaic Law," or simply "the Law." 613_Mitzvot | |
| Rebecca Gratz Rebecca Gratz (March 4, 1781 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania - August 27, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a preeminent Jewish American educator and philanthropist.Gratz was the seventh of twelve children born to Miriam Simon and Michael Gratz. Her mother was the daughter of Joseph Simon (1712-1804), a preeminent Jewish merchant of Lancaster, while her father was descended from a long line of respected rabbis. Rebecca_Gratz | |
| Wilhelm Frick Wilhelm Frick (12 March 1876 16 October 1946) was a prominent Nazi official, serving as Minister of the Interior of the Third Reich. After the end of World War II, he was executed for war crimes. Wilhelm_Frick | |
| Wilhelm Frick Talk:Wilhelm_Frick | |
| Sarah Aaronsohn Sarah Aaronsohn (1890 – October 9, 1917) was a member of Nili, a ring of Jewish spies working for the British in World War I, and a sister of notable botanist Aaron Aaronsohn. Sometimes she is referred to as the "heroine of Nili."Sarah was born and died in Zichron Yaakov, Palestine, which at the time was a province of the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire. She lived briefly in Istanbul until 1915, when she returned home to Zichron Yaakov to escape an unhappy marriage in December. Sarah_Aaronsohn | |
| Nili Nili (, an acronym of a phrase נצח ישראל לא ישקר (I Samuel 15Netzakh Yisrael Lo Yishaker, translationJewish espionage network which assisted the United Kingdom in its fight against the Ottoman Empire in Palestine during World War I. Nili | |
| Raoul Wallenberg Raoul Wallenberg (August 4, 1912 Raoul_Wallenberg | |
| Walther Funk Walther Funk (18 August 1890 - 31 May 1960) was a prominent Nazi official. He served as Minister for Economic Affairs in Nazi Germany from 1937 to 1945. Walther_Funk | |
| Judah Loew ben Bezalel Judah Loew ben Bezalel (c. 1520 Yehudah ben Bezalel Levai Loewe, Löwe]Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic, and philosopher who served as a leading rabbi in Prague (now in the Czech Republic) for most of his life. He is buried at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague in Josefov, and his grave with its tombstone intact, can still be visited.He is widely known to scholars of Judaism as the Maharal of Prague, or simply as the Maharal (מהר"ל - MaHaRaL is the Hebrew acronym of Moreinu ha-Rav Loew, "Our Teacher the Rabbi Loew"). Judah_Loew_ben_Bezalel | |
| Saul Lieberman Saul Lieberman (May 28, 1898 - March 23, 1983), also known as Rabbi Shaul Lieberman or The Gra"sh (Gaon Rabbeinu Shaul), was a rabbi and a scholar of Talmud. He served as Professor of Talmud at the Jewish Theological Seminary for over 40 years, and was for many years, head of the Harry Fischel Institute in Israel and also president of the American Academy for Jewish Research. Saul_Lieberman | |
| Black September (group) Talk:Black_September_(group) | |
| United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II) Future Government of Palestine was a plan adopted by a decision of the General Assembly on November 29, 1947. The decision recommended the division of the western portion of the Mandate of Palestine into two provisional states, one Jewish and one Arab, and provided the framework for a regional economic union. United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine | |
| 1982 Lebanon War 1982_Lebanon_War | |
| War of Attrition War_of_Attrition | |
| Gulf War Gulf_War | |
| Levi Eshkol '' () on 25 October 1895, died 26 February 1969) served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office. Levi_Eshkol | |
| Jewish fundamentalism Talk:Jewish_fundamentalism | |
| 2000 Camp David Summit The Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David of July 2000 took place between United States President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. It was an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to negotiate a "final status settlement" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 2000_Camp_David_Summit | |
| American Israel Public Affairs Committee American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is an American lobbying group that advocates for pro-Israel policies to the Congress and Executive Branch of the United States. It has been described as one of the most powerful lobbying groups in Washington. American_Israel_Public_Affairs_Committee | |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15, 1933) is an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Ginsburg was appointed by Democratic President Bill Clinton, in 1993 and generally votes with the liberal wing of the court. She is the second female Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor being the first, and the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg | |
| End time The End Time, End Times, or End of Days are the eschatological writings in the three Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios in various other non-Abrahamic religions. In Abrahamic religions, End times are often depicted as a time of tribulation that precedes the appearance or return of the Messiah, a person who will usher in the Kingdom of God and bring an end to suffering and evil. Various other religions also have eschatological beliefs associated with turning and redemption. End_time | |
| Eli Cohen This article is about the Israeli spy. For other people with the same name, see Eli Cohen (disambiguation).Eli Cohen (, born 26 December 1924, died 18 May 1965) was an Israeli spy. Eli_Cohen | |
| Eli Cohen Talk:Eli_Cohen | |
| Black Legend Talk:Black_Legend | |
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