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| ... SIXTUS IV (Spain) At the request of King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella, he issued a Bull empowering them to establish an inquisitional tribunal to investigate charges of heresy. This became known as the Spanish Inquisition. This tribunal was established ostensibly to root out "backsliding" of those Jews who had converted, sometimes under duress, to Christianity. Often these Jews ... |
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| ... north coast of Africa. In Cyrene, it was led by a Jewish "king" called Lukuas, and in Cyprus by Artemion. In Eretz Israel violence flared in the Jerusalem area and the Galilee where it was known as polemos shel Kitos (War of Quietus) named after the Moorish General Lucius Quitus who put down the rebellion. After almost a year of fighting, Trajan's General, Marcius Turbo, succeeded... |
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*Undoubtedly the woman who became to epitomize what we recognize today as "celebrity," Zsa Zsa Gabor, is better known for her many marriages, personal appearances, her "dahlink" catchphrase, her actions, life gossip, and quotations on men, rather than... |
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... JEWISH ROUNDUP IN KIEV (Ukraine)
Two thousand notices were posted around Kiev ordering all Jews to appear the next day with documents, warm clothes and valuables. These roundups were known as Aktions and referred to all forced gathering of Jews for the purpose of deportation or extermination. In this case, although rumors were rife that the Jews were being rounded up to be ... |
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The publication of her autobiography "Ecstasy and Me" (1967) took place about a year after accusations of shoplifting, and a year after Andy Warhol's short film "Hedy" (1966), also known as "The Shoplifter". The contro... |
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... the advice of Raymond III of Tripoli and others, he force-marched his troops through the dry, hot Galilee. He was defeated by the Moslems near the Sea of Galilee (the Kinneret) at a site known as the Horns of Hittim.
1475 July 3, MESHULLAM CUSI (Italy)
Established the first Hebrew press in Italy at Piove di Sacco near Padua and printed Jacob b. Asher's Arbah Tur... |
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| ... (1956; with Peter Graves and Lee Van Cleef), "Not of This Earth" (1957; with Paul Birch), and "The Alligator People" (1959; with Richard Crane and Lon Chaney Jr.). However, Garland was also known for starring in westerns, including "Bitter Creek" (1954; with Bill Elliott), "Gunslinger" (1956; with Allison Hayes), "Badlands of Montana" (1957; with Rex Reason), and "The Saga of Hemp... |
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... they formed an extreme Right group in the government, on which Prime Minister, Golda Meir, relied for support. It is noteworthy that as soon as the names of the new Cabinet members became known many political commentators abroad dubbed it a "War Cabinet".
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... from Hebron to Jerusalem. It was built on the site of Migdal Eder, which had been abandoned in 1929. Soon it was joined by Kibbutz Masuot Yitzchak, Ein Tzurim and Revadim, forming what was known as the Etzion Block.
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... revolutionary France in 1794.
1438 FEZ (Morocco)
With the decline of the Merinide Dynasty came the rise of Islamic fundamentalists. Jews were forced into a ghetto on a site known as the Mellah, or Jewish quarter.
1706 ALGIERS
After a plague which impove... |
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