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Ashkelon

(Encyclopedia) Ashkelon: see Ashqelon, Israel.

Safad

(Encyclopedia) Safad: see Zefat, Israel.

Safed

(Encyclopedia) Safed: see Zefat, Israel.

Ramleh

(Encyclopedia) Ramleh: see Ramla, Israel.

Beisan

(Encyclopedia) Beisan: see Bet Shean, Israel.

Jehoshaphat

(Encyclopedia) JehoshaphatJehoshaphatjēhŏshˈəfăt [key], In the Bible, king of Judah (c.873–849 b.c.), son and successor of Asa (1.) He continued his father's religious reforms. He was an ally of Ahab…

Ben-Zvi, Yizhak

(Encyclopedia) Ben-Zvi, YizhakBen-Zvi, Yizhakyĭtshˈhäk bĕn-tsvē [key], 1884–1963, president of Israel (1952–63), b. Russia, originally named Issac Shimshelevitz. A Zionist, he fled Russia in 1905…

Remah

(Encyclopedia) Remah: see Isserles, Moses ben Israel.

Judaism

Judaism is the oldest of the monotheistic faiths. Monotheism is the belief that there is only one god. Judaism affirms the existence of the one God, Yahweh, who entered into a covenant, or…