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Mechina
A Mechina Kdam-Tzvait ( he, מכינה קדם צבאית; "pre-military preparatory", plural Mechinot) is an autonomous unit of specialized educational institutions valuing non-formal education and pre-military training in Israel. Funded and supported by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Defense, as well as by the Israeli Defense Forces. As for 2017, there are 46 mechinot whose mission is to prepare for the conscientious service in the army, and to educate leaders of local communities that could affect society and state. Educational program blocks mostly include: Judaism and Jewish identity, Zionism, development of leadership skills, volunteering, and elements of military training. Most mechina programs last one academic year. Students Training in mechinot is based on values of Zionism, democracy, pluralism and tolerance. In most cases, tuition is largely provided with state funding and scholarships. Alumni Almost 90% of Mechina graduates hold high posts in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshiva
A yeshiva (; he, ישיבה, , sitting; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel. The studying is usually done through daily ''Shiur (Torah), shiurim'' (lectures or classes) as well as in study pairs called ''chavrusas'' (Aramaic language, Aramaic for 'friendship' or 'companionship'). ''Chavrusa''-style learning is one of the unique features of the yeshiva. In the United States and Israel, different levels of yeshiva education have different names. In the United States, elementary-school students enroll in a ''cheder'', post-Bar and Bat Mitzvah, bar mitzvah-age students learn in a ''mesivta, metivta'', and undergraduate-level students learn in a ''Beth midrash, beit midrash'' or ''yeshiva gedola'' ( he, ישיבה גדולה, , large yeshiva' or 'great yeshiva). In Israel, elementary-school students e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halamish
Halamish ( he, חַלָּמִישׁ. ''lit.'' Flint), also known as Neveh Tzuf ( he, נְוֵה צוּף, links=no, ''lit.'' Oasis of Nectar), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, located in the southwestern Samarian hills to the north of Ramallah, 10.7 kilometers east of the Green line. The Orthodox Jewish community was established in 1977. It is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In it had a population of . The settlement of Neveh Tzuf is home to the religious pre-army Mechina Elisha. The international community considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. History On 16 October 1977, two groups of settlers, one religious, calling itself “Neveh Tzuf” and one secular, called “Neveh Tzelah” with a total of 40 families moved into the abandoned former British Tegart fort building near the Palestinian village Nabi Salih. The orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ateret Cohanim
Ateret Cohanim ( he, עמותת עטרת כהנים ''lit.'', "Crown of the Priests"), also Ateret Yerushalayim, is an Israeli Jewish organization with a yeshiva located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It supports the creation of a Jewish majority in the Old City and in Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem. Notable alumni of the yeshiva include Rabbi Nissan Ben-Avraham and Rabbi Eyal Karim. History Founded in 1978, it was originally known under the name Atara Leyoshna (lit. “ eturning theformer glory"). After many disagreements about the nature of its activities, the organization closed and re-opened as a new association called Ateret Cohanim with a yeshiva. While the activities of Atara Leyoshna focused mainly on locating Jewish assets in the Muslim Quarter and transferring them into Jewish hands through legal means, the activities of Ateret Cohanim involves acquiring houses in the Muslim quarter or renting them from government companies and populating the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli (town)
Eli ( he, עֵלִי) is a large Israeli settlement in the West Bank organized as a community settlement. Located on Highway 60 north of Jerusalem and Ramallah, between the Palestinian villages of As-Sawiya and Qaryut, part of whose lands were expropriated for the establishment of Eli. It was named after the biblical high-priest who served in the Tabernacle in nearby biblical Shiloh (1 Samuel 1:9). In it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. History Eli, named after the Biblical high priest of the Israelites, was established on 11 September 1984, when three families moved into recently placed buildings. It was the first settlement to be attempted without a core group of families. Several families from Ofra, Kokhav HaShahar, and Shilo were persuaded to come for at least a year while more families would be found. The settlement was originall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamlachti Dati
Religious Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת דָּתִית, translit. ''Tziyonut Datit'') is an ideology that combines Zionism and Orthodox Judaism. Its adherents are also referred to as ''Dati Leumi'' ( "National Religious"), and in Israel, they are most commonly known by the plural form of the first part of that term Datiim ( "Religious"). The community is sometimes called ''Kippah seruga'', literally, "Knitted kippah", the typical head covering which is worn by Jewish men. Before the establishment of the State of Israel, most Religious Zionists were observant Jews who supported Zionist efforts to build a Jewish state in the Land of Israel. Religious Zionism revolves around three pillars: the Land of Israel, the People of Israel, and the Torah of Israel. The Hardal ( ''Ḥaredi Le'umi''; lit., "Nationalist Haredi") are a sub-community, stricter in its observance, and more statist in its politics. Those Religious Zionists, who are less strict in their observance but not nece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peduel
Peduel ( he, פְּדוּאֵל) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located about 10 km from the State of Palestine, Palestinian city of Burqin, Palestine, Burqin, 25 km east of Tel Aviv and adjacent to Alei Zahav, Beit Aryeh-Ofarim and Brukhin, it is organised as a community settlement (Israel), community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In it had a population of . The Shilo (stream), Shilo Stream passes to the south, and the Shilo Stream Nature Preserve borders Peduel on the north and west. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank International law and Israeli settlements, illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. History Founded in 1984 on state lands by a group of Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish Israelis from Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut with help from Amana (Israel), Amana, the yishuv is now home to about 200 families. The town's name is symbolic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisha
Elisha ( ; or "God is my salvation", Greek: , ''Elis îos'' or , ''Elisaié,'' Latin: ''Eliseus'') was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a prophet and a wonder-worker. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eliseus via Greek and Latin, or Alyasa via Arabic, and Elyasa or Elyesa via Turkish. Also mentioned in the New Testament and the Quran, Elisha is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and writings of the Baháʼí Faith refer to him by name. Before he settled in Samaria, Elisha passed some time on Mount Carmel. He served from 892 until 832 BC as an advisor to the third through the eighth kings of Judah, holding the office of "prophet in Israel". He is called a patriot because of his help to soldiers and kings. In the biblical narrative, he is a disciple and protégé of Elijah, and after Elijah was taken up in a whirlwind, Elisha received a double portion of his power and he was accepted as the leader of the sons of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemdat
Hemdat ( he, חֶמְדָּת) is a community Israeli settlement in the West Bank located near the Palestinian hamlet of Khirbet Makhoul,Reuters and Gili Cohen'European diplomats: Israeli army manhandled us, seized Palestinian aid,'at Haaretz, September 20, 2013. in the Jordan River Valley on a plain at an altitude of 178 metres along the Allon Road in the municipal jurisdiction of the Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. Other Jewish settlements in the area are Ro'i and Beka'ot. The closest city, Beit Shean, is a thirty-minute drive north of Hemdat. In it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. In it had a population of . History Hemdat was first established in 1979Hemdat Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council as a pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beit Rimon
Beit Rimon ( he, בֵּית רִמּוֹן, ''lit.'' House of the Pomegranate) is a kibbutz located in the Lower Galilee Regional Council in Israel. It consists of a core kibbutz and a residential expansion. It is located in the Lower Galilee on a ridge of Mount Tur'an at a height of 400 meters above sea level. As of it had a population of . Etymology It is named after the Biblical Rimon (pomegranate in Hebrew) in the lands of the Tribe of Zebulun (Joshua 19:13), which "is identified with er-Rumane" at today's Arab village of Rumana, 2 km to the west. History Beit Rimon was first settled in 1977 as a Nahal settlement. In 1979, a group of British immigrants joined the Nahal group and established a kibbutz at the site, affiliated with the Religious Kibbutz Movement The Religious Kibbutz Movement ( he, הקיבוץ הדתי, ''HaKibbutz HaDati'') is an organizational framework for Orthodox kibbutzim in Israel. Its membership includes 22 communities, 16 of them tradit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma'ale Efraim
Ma'ale Efrayim ( he, מַעֲלֵה אֶפְרַיִם, lit. ''Ascent of Ephraim'') is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a secular settlement and a local council, located along the eastern slopes of the Samarian mountains in the Jordan Valley. It was founded in 1978 and named after the Biblical tribe of Ephraim. The settlement's municipal status was upgraded to local council in 1981. In , it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. History According to ARIJ, in 1970 Israel retook 1,464 dunam A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; tr, dönüm; he, דונם), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area equivalent to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amou ...s of land from the Jordanians which was stolen from Jewish landowners in The War of Independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosh Pinna
Rosh Pina or Rosh Pinna ( he, רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, lit. ''Cornerstone'') is a local council in the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee on the eastern slopes of Mount Kna'an in the Northern District of Israel. It was established as Gei Oni in 1878 by local Jews from Safed but was nearly abandoned, except for the families of Yosef Friedman, Aharon Keller, and possibly a few others. In 1882, thirty Jewish families who had immigrated from Romania reestablished the settlement as a ''moshava'' called Rosh Pina. The town is one of the oldest Zionist settlements in Israel. In it had a population of . Geography Rosh Pina is located north of the Sea of Galilee, on the eastern slopes of Mount Kna'an, approximately east of the city of Safed, above sea level, latitude north 32° 58', longitude east 35° 31'. North of Rosh Pina is Lake Hula, which was a swamp area drained in the 1950s. History Around 1878, the Arab village of al-Ja'una sold half its lands, about 2,500 dunum, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AMIT
Amit is a male given name of Indian or Hebrew origin. In Hindi, Amit ( hi, अमित, means "infinite" or "boundless", bn, অমিত) originates from the Sanskrit word ' (अमित:), ' (अमित:) essentially is the negation of ' (मित), which means "to measure". In Hebrew, Amit ( he, עמית) means "friend", "colleague" or "member of the organization". The word appears in the Bible twelve times, mostly in Leviticus. Though traditionally a common male name, it is being increasingly used as a female name in Israel. Nevertheless, it is still among the most popular names given to Jewish boys in Israel.But till date it has not been recognised as a Jew name by many Rabbis and Religious Leaders Given name * Amit Behl (born 1955), Indian television actor * Amit S. Bakshi, Indian hockey player * Amit Bhadana (born 1994), Indian comedy YouTuber * Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), Indian novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer and music composer * Amit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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