At the end of 2021, about 79% of the Jews living in Israel had been born there, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More than3.3 million immigrantshave moved to Israel since the state's founding in 1948, with about 1.5 million of them arriving since 1990. "This is the only ...
Kelly's foray into the world of dance began at a young age in his mother's dance school, which was opened to keep the family afloat during the Great Depression. Despite his initial reluctance, Kelly's talent shone through, kickstarting a career that eventually spanned six decades. Upon ...
414141.Israel is one of the world’s youngest nations, but its people have a long history. The Jews, or Hebrews, first settled on the narrow strip of land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea about 2,500 years ago. They lost this homeland in Roman times ...
David Ben-Gurion (First Prime Minister of Israel) publicly pronounces the Declaration of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Above him is a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern political Zionism. During his lifetime, Patterson maintained a close...
The name Gog seems to be a reference to an Ancient Near Eastern king from Lydia whose name was Gyges. And I think Ezekiel is using this very brutal warrior as a model of what the future king would be like, who would lead this coalition against Israel. And so it's not, again, to ...
War Museum North in Greater Manchester, England, the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, the Felix Nussbaum Haus in Osnabrück, Germany, the Danish Jewish Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the Wohl Centre at the Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel....
This historical anthropology of the rise and fall of Israel's post-1948 sardine purse-seining development project shows what happens when marginalized groups, who are initially excluded as "backward" or "primitive", enter modernization projects that are based on politics of skillfulness and experts...
US District Judge Cathy Seibel on Monday said the WHO was immune under its own 1948 constitution and the International Organization Immunities Act from the proposed class-action lawsuit by the seven Westchester County plaintiffs. The plaintiffs, including a New Rochelle doctor and six Mount Vernon ...
A few years ago, my father brought him up again after many, many years. He mentioned that Tiso was involved in diplomacy before 1945 in Slovakia. I had since learned about Nazi collaborationist regimes and the last name clicked with Jozef Tiso. Looking into him, I soon founda declassified...
Gene Simmons, born Chaim Witz on August 25, 1949, rose to prominence as the bassist and co-lead singer of the legendary rock band, Kiss. Born in Haifa, Israel, Simmons immigrated to the United States with his mother at the tender age of eight. His passion for music was ignited during ...