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Jacob, Max

(Encyclopedia) Jacob, MaxJacob, Maxmäks [key]Jacob, Max zhäkôbˈ [key], 1876–1944, French writer and painter, b. Brittany. His dream-inspired verse, plays, novels, and paintings bridged and gave…

Artaxerxes I

(Encyclopedia) Artaxerxes IArtaxerxes Iärˌtəzûrkˈsēz [key], d. 425 b.c., king of ancient Persia (464–425 b.c.), of the dynasty of the Achaemenis. Artaxerxes is the Greek form of “Ardashir the Persian…

miracle

(Encyclopedia) miracle, preternatural occurrence that is viewed as the expression of a divine will. Its awe and wonder lie in the fact that the cause is hidden. The idea of the miracle occurs…

Jewish Holidays, 2010-2030 (A.M. 5770-5791)

Here are the dates of the most important Jewish holidays through 2030. These holidays move in the Western (Gregorian) calendar year since the Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar, instead of just…

Religion Websites

Adherents.Com: http://www.adherents.com Bahá'í World: http://www.bahai.org/ Buddha Net: http://www.buddhanet.net/ Christianity Today: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ Faith Communities Today,…

Gaster, Moses

(Encyclopedia) Gaster, MosesGaster, Mosesgäsˈtər [key], 1856–1939, Romanian Jewish scholar and writer, b. Bucharest. Expelled (1885) from Romania for championing the Jewish cause, he went to England…

Amoraim

(Encyclopedia) AmoraimAmoraimäˈmōräˈĭm [key] [Heb. amar=to interpret], in Judaism, term referring to those scholars, predominantly at Caesarea and Tiberias in Palestine (c.a.d. 220–c.a.d. 375) and in…

Heschel, Abraham Joshua

(Encyclopedia) Heschel, Abraham JoshuaHeschel, Abraham Joshuahĕshˈəl [key], 1907–72, American Jewish philosopher and theologian, b. Warsaw, Poland. He succeeded Martin Buber as director of the…

Bukhara

(Encyclopedia) Bukhara Bukhara bəkäˈrə [key], city, capital of Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, in the Zeravshan River…

Bene Israel

(Encyclopedia) Bene Israel or Beni IsraelBeni Israelboth: bāˈnē [key] [Heb.,=sons of Israel], Jewish community of India, living mostly in and near Mumbai (formerly Bombay). Many thousands of others…