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Israel   Reference library

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Literature, Children's literature studies
Length:
796 words
Illustration(s):
1

Modern Israel was established on May 15, 1948, by a majority vote of the United Nations in the area ...

Israel

Israel   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Social sciences, Politics
Length:
2,370 words

The Israeli state, from a comparative perspective, belongs to the category of immigrant-settler nation-states, based on a frontier society that ...

Israel

Israel   Reference library

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Social sciences, Economics
Length:
2,476 words
Illustration(s):
1

When the State of Israel was established in May 1948 it was able to build on an economy that had ...

Israel, State of

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A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Religion
Length:
543 words

The literature on the State of Israel is vast. The Encyclopedia Judaica alone has over a thousand pages and an ...

Israel

Israel   Reference library

Giora Manor

The International Encyclopedia of Dance

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Performing arts, Dance, Music
Length:
7,843 words

[To survey dance traditions in Israel, this entry comprises two articles. The first article provides a general overview; the ...

Israel

Israel   Reference library

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2008
Subject:
History, Contemporary History (post 1945)
Length:
5,339 words
Illustration(s):
1

Israel was born on 15 May 1948 as the daughter of European nationalism of the nineteenth century. On that date ...

Israel

Israel   Reference library

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Religion, Social sciences, Regional and Area Studies
Length:
2,655 words
Illustration(s):
1

At the end of 2005, the Arab minority in Israel numbered approximately 1,377,100, constituting 19.7 percent of the total ...

Israel

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The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Art & Architecture, Religion
Length:
960 words

Country on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Established in 1948 as an independent nation on land that was ...

Israel

Israel   Reference library

Encyclopedia of Human Rights

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Law, Human Rights and Immigration, Social sciences
Length:
8,202 words

Israel was established as a Jewish democracy. The relationship between state and religion is critical when one analyzes the protection ...

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The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Performing arts, Dance, Music
Length:
682 words
Ballet performances date back to the 1920s when Rina Nikova, a Russian émigrée dancer, founded her own company in Jerusalem and staged classically based works with biblical themes. During ... More
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World Encyclopedia

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
772 words

The State of Israel is a small country in the E Mediterranean. Inland lie the Judaeo-Galilean highlands, from N Israel ...

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World Encyclopedia

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
904 words
Illustration(s):
4

The State of Israel is a small country in the E Mediterranean. Inland lie the Judaeo-Galilean highlands, from N Israel ...

ISRAEL, STATE OF, THEOLOGICAL ASPECTS

ISRAEL, STATE OF, THEOLOGICAL ASPECTS   Reference library

The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2011
Subject:
Religion
Length:
766 words
The topic is usually discussed among Religious Zionists (see Religious Zionism) in terms of messianism. The institutionally sanctioned prayer for the state, recited in synagogues around ... More
ISRAEL, STATE OF, JEWISH RELIGIOUS LIFE IN

ISRAEL, STATE OF, JEWISH RELIGIOUS LIFE IN   Reference library

The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2011
Subject:
Religion
Length:
1,211 words
Israel defines itself as a Jewish state and over 80 percent of its population is identified (and self-identifies) as Jewish. Jewish identity is treated in official state documents (e.g. ... More
Israel

Israel   Reference library

Margalit Shilo

The Oxford Encyclopedia Women in World History

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2008
Subject:
History
Length:
1,553 words
The state of Israel, declared an independent Jewish democratic state in 1948, from its inception announced openly its commitment to equality of the sexes. The political Zionist movement, ... More
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The Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Social sciences, Society and culture
Length:
42,021 words
Illustration(s):
1

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Demographics and a Brief Historical Perspective

Robert T. Francoeur

A. Demographics

At the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, in

Israel and Environmentalism

Israel and Environmentalism   Reference library

The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Religion, Social sciences
Length:
2,842 words

Environmental History Prior to the Foundation of Modern Israel ...

Efforts to protect the land of Israel or the Holy Land

Israel

Israel   Reference library

Alan Dowty

The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
Social sciences, Politics
Length:
2,327 words

The modern state of Israel grew out of a movement to restore Jewish statehood in the historic Jewish homeland. Modern ...

Israel

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The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Performing arts, Theatre
Length:
1,587 words

Hebrew drama is mainly a product of the twentieth century. Revived as a spoken language by the late nineteenth century, ...

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