RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Religious antisemitism — is a form of antisemitism, which is the prejudice against, or hostility toward, the Jewish people based on hostility to Judaism and to Jews as a religious group. [See, for example: * Anti Semitism , Encyclopaedia Britannica , 2006. *Johnson, Paul … Wikipedia
Religious symbolism in the United States military — Insignias (left to right) for Christian, Muslim and Jewish chaplains are shown on the uniforms of three U.S. Navy chaplains, 1998. (These were the only insignias in use at that time.) Religious symbolism in the United States military includes the … Wikipedia
Religious Torah Front — The Religious Torah Front (Hebrew: חזית דתית תורתית, Hazit Datit Toratit ) was a political party in Israel.HistoryThe Religious Torah Front was formed when the Ultra orthodox parties Agudat Israel and Agudat Israel Workers decided to fight the… … Wikipedia
Religious festival — A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles in a calendar year or lunar calendar. This means that, because ancient calendars were not… … Wikipedia
National Religious Party — מפד ל Leader Haim Moshe Shapira Yosef Burg Zevulun Hammer Yitzhak Levy Effi Eitam Zevulun Orlev … Wikipedia
Mizrachi (religious Zionism) — This article deals with the organisation of the Religious Zionist Movement. For other uses, see Mizrachi (disambiguation). The Mizrachi (Hebrew: המזרחי, HaMizrahi, an acronym for Merkaz Ruhani lit. Religious centre) is the name of the religious… … Wikipedia
Mizrachi (Religious Zionism) — The Mizrachi ( he. המזרחי, HaMizrahi , an acronym for Merkaz Ruhani lit. Religious centre ) is the name of the religious Zionist organization founded in 1902 in Vilnius at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov… … Wikipedia
SEFER TORAH — (Heb. סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה; pl. Sifrei Torah; scroll of the law), scroll containing the Five Books of Moses written on parchment according to strict rules and used mainly for reading at public worship (see torah reading ). The Sefer Torah is normally… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jewish National Front — Party ballot for the 2006 election The Jewish National Front (Hebrew: חזית יהודית לאומית, Hazit Yehudit Leumit), commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym, Hayil (Hebrew: חי ל), is a far right[1] political party … Wikipedia