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21Katze — 1. A Kât luckat efter a Könnang. (Nordfries.) – Johansen, 57. Eine Katze lugt, sieht nach einem Könige. 2. Ain katz vnd ain muz, zwen han in aim huz, ain alt man vnd ain iung wib belibent selten an kib. – Reinmar d.A., 1200. 3. Alle (alte) Katten …
22Kreuz — 1. Anderer creutz lere dich das dein tragen. – Franck, I, 148b; Gruter, I, 5; Schottel, 1441b. Dän.: Andres kors lære dig at bære dit. – Lær du af andres kors hvorledes du skal bære dit. (Prov. dan., 355 u. 373.) 2. Creutz bewehrt tugent. –… …
23Mensch — 1. A verzagte Möntsch isch im Himmel nid sichar. (Bern.) – Zyro, 108. 2. Ach, Mensch, betracht , wie Gott verlacht all deinen Pracht, der in einer Nacht wird zu nichts gemacht. – Gerlach, 9. 3. Ain verkerter mensch richtet hader an vnd ain… …
24BIRSTEIN, YOSSEL — (1920–2003), Hebrew and Yiddish writer. Born in Poland, Birstein left his hometown at the age of 17 for Australia. During World War II he served in the Australian army and immigrated to Israel in 1950. For several years he was a member of Kibbutz …
25GVATI, CHAIM — (1901–1990), Israeli pioneer and politician. Chaim Gvati was born in Poland and immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1924. One of the founders of kibbutz Gevat in 1926, he later helped found kibbutz Yifat where he remained. Gvati was minister of… …
26HAGANAH — (Heb. הַגָּנָה), the underground military organization of the yishuv in Ereẓ Israel from 1920 to 1948. The idea of establishing a defense organization that would protect the yishuv throughout Ereẓ Israel was born during the Ottoman period. The… …
27POPULATION — THE JEWISH POPULATION Growth by Aliyah In 1882 the Jewish population of Ereẓ Israel numbered some 24,000, roughly 5% of the total, and about 0.3% of the world Jewish population. Since then there has been an almost continuous flow of aliyah, which …
28PINSK — PINSK, capital of Pinsk district, Belarus. The Jewish community there was established before 1506 by some 12 to 15 families (about 60–75 persons) from brest litovsk who settled in Pinsk instead of returning to Lithuania after the Jews were… …
