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• HE-ḤALUTZ — (Heb. הֶחָלוּץ; the pioneer ), an association of Jewish youth whose aim was to train its members to settle on the land in Israel. The original meaning of the Hebrew word is the vanguard that leads the host on its advance (Josh. 6:13). Origin of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Gruppe Westerweel — Joop Westerweel Die Gruppe Westerweel war eine niederländische Widerstandsgruppe während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus. 1942 gegründete sich die Gruppe, um den überzeugten Pazifisten und Lehrer Joop Westerweel und bestand über dessen Tod… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ALIYAH AND ABSORPTION — GENERAL SURVEY Introduction Aliyah, ascension or going up, is the coming of Jews as individuals or in groups, from exile or diaspora to live in the Land of Israel. Those who go up for this purpose are known as olim – a term used in the Bible for… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Franz Weihmayr — (* 31. Dezember 1903 in München; † 26. Mai 1969 ebenda; gebürtig Franz Xaver Weihmayr) war ein deutscher Kameramann. Seine fotografische Ausbildung erhielt er bis 1921 in dem väterlichen Porträtfotoatelier. Anschließend wurde er Kameraassistent… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Weihmayr — Franz Weihmayr (* 31. Dezember 1903 in München; † 26. Mai 1969 ebenda; gebürtig Franz Xaver Weihmayr) war ein deutscher Kameramann. Seine fotografische Ausbildung erhielt er bis 1921 in dem väterlichen Porträtfotoatelier. Anschließend wurde er… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• HA-SHOMER HA-ẒA'IR — HA SHOMER HA ẒA IR, Zionist socialist pioneering youth movement whose aim is to educate Jewish youth for kibbutz life in Israel. Ha Shomer ha Ẓa ir had its roots in two youth movements that came into being in Galicia (then a province of the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• SHENHAR (Shenberg), YITZHAK — (1902–1957), Hebrew author. He was born in Voltshisk, a small town on the border of Galicia and the Ukraine. During World War I his family moved to Proskurov. An active member of the He Ḥalutz movement, he started agricultural training before… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism