RABINOWITZ, YEHOSHUA — (1911–1979), Israeli politician. Rabinowitz was born in Vishnevets, Poland, where his father was a well to do merchant. He studied at the Tarbut school and graduated from the Teachers Seminary in Vilna. He was appointed director of a Hebrew… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HALEVY (Rabinowitz), ISAAC — (1847–1914), Polish rabbinical scholar and historian. Halevy was born in Ivenets, now Belorussia. After studying at the Volozhin yeshivah, he settled in Vilna as a businessman, later turning to scholarship. Interested in Jewish education, he… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Biala (Hasidic dynasty) — The Biala (or Byala, Biale) Hasidic dynasty originated from Poland. The Rebbes of Biala are descended from Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Rabinowicz, known as the Yid Hakodosh ( The Holy Jew ).LineageThe Biala dynasty is part of the Prshiskhe dynasty… … Wikipedia
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POLITICAL LIFE AND PARTIES — Introduction It was largely due to the existence of the pre state political parties, which had conducted intensive political activities for almost half a century within the framework of the yishuv , under the British Mandate for Palestine, that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Izhbitza — Shul in Izhbitza The Central R … Wikipedia
ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SPORTS — There is no evidence of sports among the Jews during the obscure period between the close of the Bible and the Maccabean periods. At the beginning of this latter period, in the second century B.C.E., circumstances conspired to make sporting… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GENIZAH, CAIRO — Introduction The term genizah is a word shortened from the rabbinical Hebrew phrase bet genizah (see also genizah ). Its counterpart in late biblical Hebrew is genez (pl. genazim, ginzei) which in Esther evidently means a treasury, as well as the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HA-ẒOFEH — (Heb. הַצּוֹפֶה). (1) Daily Hebrew newspaper, published in Warsaw from 1903 to 1905. Following the journalistic tradition of ha yom , Ha Ẓofeh was well balanced in its presentation of items of both Jewish and general interest, and upheld a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
