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71First Zionist Congress — ).OrginsThe first Zionist Congress was set up by Theodor Herzl as a symbolic Parliament for those in agreement with the implementation of Zionist goals. The Congress was due to be taken place in Munich, Germany. However, because of local… …
72Chaim Zhitlowsky — Chaim Zhitlowsky. Chaim Zhitlowsky (Yiddish: חײם זשיטלאָװסקי; Russian: Хаим Осипович Житловский) (April 19, 1865 May 6, 1943) was a Jewish socialist, philosopher, social and political thinker, writer and literary critic born in the Russian Empire …
73Russia — • Geography and history Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Russia Russia † Catholic E …
74Union of Christendom — • Includes the Catholic Church together with the many other religious communions which have either directly or indirectly, separated from it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Union of Christendom Union of Christend …
75Klemens von Metternich — Metternich redirects here. For other uses, see Metternich (disambiguation). Klemens Wenzel von Metternich Portrait of Prince Metternich (c. 1825) by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Prince of Metternich …
76Ben-Gurion (Green), David — (1886–1973) First prime minister of Israel. In October 1906 a short, stocky young man, with a jutting jaw, set sail on a small boat through the Black Sea. David Green was twenty years old and fired with zeal to redeem the soil of the Jewish… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
77BULGARIA — BULGARIA, East Balkan republic located along the Black Sea. Ancient Period A Jewish settlement is known to have existed in Macedonia in the time of Caligula (37–41 C.E.; Philo, Embassy to Gaius, par. 281). A late second century Latin inscription… …
78LAW OF RETURN — LAW OF RETURN, law passed by the Israel parliament (Knesset) on July 3, 1950, the anniversary of the death of theodor herzl . The Law of Return is one of the earliest and most significant of the basic laws of the State of Israel. Declaring that… …
79MAGNES, JUDAH LEON — (1877–1948), U.S. rabbi and communal leader. He was chancellor and first president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Magnes was born in San Francisco, California, to parents who emigrated from Poland and Germany in 1863. He attended the… …
80French Wars of Religion — Part of European wars of religion Depiction of the St. Bartholomew s Day massacre by François Duboi …
