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Glossary

This glossary includes Hebrew words and phrases that appear in our various issues.

A
Af Al Pi ChenNevertheless -despite
Armon HanatzivCommissioner's Palace
Ayn Jalud Arabic name for the Harod Spring
 
B
Baal A nature god
Beit Am House of the People (community center)
Beit BialikBialik House
Beit GidiEtzel Museum
Beit RubinRubin House
Beit-Hagefen House of the Vine
Beth HatefutsothThe Museum of the Jewish Diaspora
BezalelName of an art academy in Jerusalem
Brit Circumcision ceremony
 
G
Givat HatachmoshetAmmunition Hill (Jerusalem)
Gdud Ha'avodaWork Battalion
 
H
Ha'apalaClandestine Immigration
Ha'emekThe Valley
Haganah The underground military organization of the Yishuv in Eretz Yisrael from 1920 to 1948
Ha'poel Ha'tzairYoung Laborer
HavdalahDifferentiation (or separation) a ceremony conducted at the end of the Sabbath and holidays as a means of separating a distinguishing between sacred days and beginning of weekdays
Hof HaCarmelCarmel Beach (Haifa)
 
I
IDFIsrael Defense Forces
Ir Ha'PolaimLaborer's City, Haifa's nickname
Ir LevanaWhite City, Tel Aviv's nickname
Ir Tachtit Lower (part of) town (Haifa)
 
J
Jaffa Part of Tel Aviv, pronounced Yafo in Hebrew
 
K
Keren Kayemet Le'IsraelJewish National Fund
Kiryat Ye'arim Town of Forests
 
M
Merkaz HaCarmelCentral Carmel (Haifa)
Migdal ShalomShalom Tower (Tel Aviv)
MikvehRitual bath
MishnahJewish religious law that was passed down before 200 CE
MoshavaSettlement
 
O
Olei Ha'GardomThose who went to the gallows
 
P
PalmachThe elite strike force of the Haganah
 
Q
QadiAn Islamic religious judge
 
R
Rehov HameyasdimFounder's Street
 
S
Sde Dov airport Small airport in northern Tel Aviv
Shaar Ha-gai in Hebrew or Bab-el-Wad in ArabicGates to the Valley
 
T
Third AliyahThird Immigration
TsiporBird
TsrifShack
 
Y
YishuvSettlement
 
 
 
 

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