ḤULEH VALLEY — ḤULEH VALLEY, region in upper eastern Galilee; a section of the Syrian East African Rift, at least since the Tertiary period, hemmed in on three sides by steep hill and mountain slopes: viz., the Naftali Ridge of Galilee in the west, the Hermon… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤULEH — (Heb. חוּלָה), a valley and a former lake in N.E. Israel (see Physiography of the Land of israel , Rift Valley). Early Stone Age remains have been discovered in the Ḥuleh Valley, near the Benot Ya akov Bridge. They include flint tools, iron hand… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hula Valley — farmland Lake Hula … Wikipedia
Battle of Lake Huleh — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Ba rin caption= partof=the Crusades date=1157 place=Hula Valley, Israel result=Zengid victory combatant1=Kingdom of Jerusalem combatant2=Zengids commander1=King Baldwin III of Jerusalem commander2=Nur… … Wikipedia
Jezreel Valley — and Mount Tabor Jezreel Valley … Wikipedia
Jezreel, Valley of — Lying on the northern side of the city, between the ridges of Gilboa and Moreh, an offshoot of Esdraelon, running east to the Jordan (Josh. 17:16; Judg. 6:33; Hos. 1:5). It was the scene of the signal victory gained by the Israelites under… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
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
POPULATION — THE JEWISH POPULATION Growth by Aliyah In 1882 the Jewish population of Ereẓ Israel numbered some 24,000, roughly 5% of the total, and about 0.3% of the world Jewish population. Since then there has been an almost continuous flow of aliyah, which … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY — In respect of human as well as of physical geography, it is convenient to divide the Land of Israel into four major units: 1. the Mediterranean Coastal Plain 2. the hill regions of northern and central Cisjordan (west of the Jordan) 3. the Rift… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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
