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5 days ago · The Greeks viewed Jewish culture favorably, while Hellenism gained adherents among the Jews. Hellenism has, on occasion, been presented by historians as a threat of assimilation entirely opposed to Jewish tradition, but it does not appear that most Jews in the Hellenistic era thought of Greek rulers as any worse than Persian or Babylonian ones.
19 hours ago · The term Ashkenazi also refers to the Nusach Ashkenaz, the liturgical tradition used by Ashkenazi Jews in their siddur (prayer book). A nusach is defined by a liturgical tradition's choice of prayers, the order of prayers, the text of prayers, and melodies used in the singing of prayers. [citation needed]
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- 194,000–500,000; according to the FJCR, up to 1 million of Jewish descent
4 days ago · Ukraine. The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, [a] also known as Austrian Galicia or colloquially Austrian Poland, was a constituent possession of the Habsburg monarchy in the historical region of Galicia in Eastern Europe. The crownland was established in 1772. The lands were annexed from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as part of the First ...
- 78,497 km² (30,308 sq mi)
5 days ago · The story of the Jewish People over 3,300 years. A tour of Jewish history through the millennia, from our biblical fathers to the upheavals of the 20th century. Filter by Topic. Lubavitcher Rebbe. R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch. Soviet War on Judaism.
5 days ago · On a mystical level, every Jewish soul is considered to share a common root; and ultimately, the Jewish people are supposed to live together as one nation in the land of Israel. In other words, the idea of community—called kehilla (קהילה) in Hebrew—is woven into the fabric of Jewish life.
4 days ago · Based on the writings of Ibn Khaldun, an Arab scholar of the 8th century CE, some suggested that Moroccan Jews were indigenous Imazighen (Berbers) who converted to Judaism, although the question of who converted them remains. This theory has been rejected by most scholars. [4]
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