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Ozick, Cynthia

(Encyclopedia)Ozick, Cynthia, 1928–, American writer, b. New York City, grad. New York Univ. (B.A., 1949), Ohio State Univ. (M.A., 1950). Her fiction, written with high intelligence, elegant incisiveness, and sha...

Sharett, Moshe

(Encyclopedia)Sharett, Moshe mōˈshə shərĕtˈ [key], 1894–1965, Israeli statesman, b. Russia, originally named Shertok. In 1906 he emigrated to Palestine where he was active in the labor movement. In 1933 he ...

Familists

(Encyclopedia)Familists fămˈĭlĭsts [key], religious community founded in Friesland in the 16th cent. by Hendrik Niclaes. Niclaes, a merchant of Münster and originally a Roman Catholic, claimed to have been cho...

Hyrcanus

(Encyclopedia)Hyrcanus: see Maccabees, Jewish family. ...

Hebrew music

(Encyclopedia)Hebrew music: see Jewish liturgical music. ...

Birobidzhan

(Encyclopedia)Birobidzhan: see Jewish Autonomous Region, Russia. ...

Judas Maccabeus

(Encyclopedia)Judas Maccabeus: see Maccabees, Jewish family. ...

John Hyrcanus

(Encyclopedia)John Hyrcanus: see Maccabees, Jewish family. ...

Salome Alexandra

(Encyclopedia)Salome Alexandra: see Maccabees, Jewish family. ...

Masada

(Encyclopedia)Masada məsāˈdə [key], ancient mountaintop fortress in Israel, the final outpost of the Zealot Jews in their rebellion against Roman authority (a.d. 66–73). Located in the Judaean Desert, the for...