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111ABRAMOVITSH, SHOLEM YANKEV — (Jacob, also Mendele Moykher Sforim; 1835 or 1836–1917), Hebrew and Yiddish writer, often called the grandfather of modern Judaic literature. Abramovitsh was born in Kapulia (Kopyl), near Minsk; he lived in Berdichev from 1858 to 1869 and… …
112AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE — (known as JDC or The Joint), independent, non political American Jewish relief and welfare organization dedicated to providing both emergency aid and long term assistance to individual Jews and Jewish communities throughout the world outside… …
113BEGGING AND BEGGARS — Although the Bible is concerned with the poor and the needy, there is hardly a reference to begging or to beggars, and there is, in fact, no biblical Hebrew word for it. The needs of the poor were provided by the laws of leket, shikhḥah , and pe… …
114CHARITY — The obligation to help the poor and the needy and to give them gifts is stated many times in the Bible and was considered by the rabbis of all ages to be one of the cardinal mitzvot of Judaism. In the Bible The Bible itself legislates several… …
115HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …
116HISTORY — For Prehistory see archaeology ; for Biblical and Second Temple periods, see history . Destruction of the Second Temple until the Arab Conquest (70–640 C.E.) THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR OF 66–70 C.E. The Jewish war against the Romans, which lasted… …
117WOMAN — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the historical perspective biblical period marriage and children women in household life economic roles educational and managerial roles religious roles women outside the household… …
118Alexandria, Louisiana — Coordinates: 31°17′34″N 92°27′33″W / 31.29278°N 92.45917°W / 31.29278; 92.45917 …
119Bongo (antelope) — The Bongo redirects here. For other uses, see Bongo (disambiguation). Western/Lowland Bongo Conservation status …
120Henryk Sienkiewicz — Infobox Writer awards = awd|Nobel Prize in Literature|1905 name = Henryk Sienkiewicz birthname = Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz birthdate = birth date|1846|5|5|mf=y birthplace = Wola Okrzejska, Congress Poland deathdate = death date and… …
