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111Hanoar Hadati Haoved Vehalomed — Literally, Working and Studying Religious Youth ; an Israeli youth movement founded in 1952 by members of Bnei Akiva who recognized the need to provide a framework of education and social assistance for religious working youth in Israel.… …
112Hashomer Hatzair — Literally, the young guard ; the oldest of the Jewish youth movements in Israel and abroad. Its mandate remains to instill in its members national values, Zionist awareness, and socialist ideals, as well as to prepare them for kibbutz life.… …
113Hitkansut — Literally, engagement, pulling in, ingathering, consolidation, or convergence ; the Hebrew term used by Kadima Party leader Ehud Olmert in the 2006 Knesset election (See also Knesset[PARLIAMENT]) campaign to describe his plan for the future of …
114Knesset Hagedola — Literally, the great assembly ; the supreme legislative body of the Jewish people at the beginning of the Second Temple period in ancient Israel following the return from the Babylonian exile (from c. 538 BCE). The name of the modern… …
115Moshava — Literally colony ; a private farming village. The first was founded in Palestine in 1878 and known as Petah Tikva. Others included Rishon Le Zion, Rosh Pina, and Nes Ziona. See also Agriculture …
116Poalei Zion — Literally workers of Zion ; a Zionist socialist workers political party that began in Russia, Austria, and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Influenced by the writings of the socialist Zionist theoretician, Dov Ber… …
117Solel Boneh — Literally, paves and builds. A road building and construction company belonging to the Histadrut. During the Arab riots in Palestine from 1936 to 1939, Solel Boneh helped build farm settlements, pave security roads, construct airfields, and… …
118Bakufu — Literally tent government . The name of the feudal regime established at Kamakura in 1185. It followed the epic gempei civil wars between the early samurai warriors of the Minamoto (Genji) and Taira (Heike) clans. To restrict the power of the… …
119Fudoki — Literally Records of Wind and Earth ; descriptions of the natural features of an area. Regional government records submitted to the imperial court after an order of 713. They include details of names, products and legends associated with the… …
120Goshi — Literally enshrine together . The ceremony of apotheosis (enshrinement as kami) of a group of souls, performed since the Meiji era for more than two million war dead at the Yasukuni Jinja and in regional nation protecting shrines (gokoku… …
