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Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Yom Hazikaron laShoah velagvura Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed in Israel every year on the 27th of (the Hebrew month of) Nisan. It...
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Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day
Yom Hazikaron leYitshak Rabin Memorial Day for the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is a national day of remembrance...
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David Florentin
1874 - 1941. David Florentin was a Jewish journalist and one of the founders of the Zionist movement in Thessaloniki. He was the first...
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Solomon Florentin
1864 - 1946. Solomon Florentin. Source: Wikipedia. Shlomo (Salomon) Yaakov Florentin was a contractor and entrepreneur of Thessaloniki...
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Siona Tagger
1900 - 1988. Ziona Tager was an Israeli painter known for painting the Yishuv period and the country's first years. She was born in Jaffa...
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Hatikva, the National Anthem
Israel's national anthem, Hatikvah ("The Hope"), expresses the Jewish people's longing to return to Israel, the land of their...
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Minorities in Israel
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2021, Israel had 6 873 000 Jews, 1 671 000 Muslims, 179 000 Christians, and...
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The Israeli Flag
The Israeli flag was originally the banner of the World Zionist Organization and was first adopted as a flag during the first Zionist...
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Minister Montefiore (Song)
The song called ״Hasar Montefiore" was released in 1971 and is part of the album "Ani Yerushalmi" (or "I was born in Jerusalem") by Yoram...
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Moshe Montefiore
1784 - 1885. Moshe Montefiore, an English Sephardic Jew born in Italy, was a financier, banker, Zionist activist, and philanthropist. He...
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