Kinneret, Lake

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• KINNERET — (Heb. כִּנֶּרֶת), moshavah in northern Israel, near the S.W. corner of Lake Kinneret, founded on Jewish Colonization Association (ICA) land in 1909 by settlers from Eastern Europe. The village developed at a slow pace, as the settlers frequently… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Kinneret — or Kineret (Lang he|כנרת) may refer to:*The Sea of Galilee, Israel s largest freshwater lake. *Kinneret, a village on the shore of the Sea of Galilee *Kvutzat Kinneret, a kibbutz on the shore of the Sea of Galilee *Anakinra, a drug produced by… …   Wikipedia

• Kinneret — n. Sea of Galilee, large lake in northeastern Israel …   English contemporary dictionary

• Lake Kinneret —    See Sea of Galilee …   Historical Dictionary of Israel

• My Kinneret Holiday Home — (Migdal,Израиль) Категория отеля: Адрес: Hashaked, Migdal, 14950, Израиль …   Каталог отелей

• Nofesh Nof Kinneret — (Рош Пинна,Израиль) Категория отеля: Адрес: Nof Kineret 69/2, Рош Пинна, 120000 …   Каталог отелей

• Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network — (GLEON) is an international grass roots, voluntary network of researchers, educators, and community groups interested in making and utilizing time series of high frequency observations made on and in lakes and reservoirs all over the world.… …   Wikipedia

• Galilee, Sea of — ▪ lake, Israel also called  Lake Tiberias,  Arabic  Buḥayrat Ṭabarīyā,  Hebrew  Yam Kinneret,         lake in Israel through which the Jordan River flows. From 1948 to 1967 it was bordered immediately to the northeast by the cease fire line with… …   Universalium

• GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Sea of Galilee —    A small (14 miles long and 8 miles across at its broadest point) freshwater lake in northern Israel; often mentioned in the Bible. It is called the Sea of Kinneret (Lake Kinneret) in the Old Testament. The name Galilee is used in the New… …   Historical Dictionary of Israel