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Ashkelon

(Encyclopedia) Ashkelon: see Ashqelon, Israel.

Safad

(Encyclopedia) Safad: see Zefat, Israel.

Safed

(Encyclopedia) Safed: see Zefat, Israel.

Ramleh

(Encyclopedia) Ramleh: see Ramla, Israel.

Beisan

(Encyclopedia) Beisan: see Bet Shean, Israel.

Ben-Zvi, Yizhak

(Encyclopedia) Ben-Zvi, YizhakBen-Zvi, Yizhakyĭtshˈhäk bĕn-tsvē [key], 1884–1963, president of Israel (1952–63), b. Russia, originally named Issac Shimshelevitz. A Zionist, he fled Russia in 1905…

City of David

(Encyclopedia) City of David, in the Bible, epithet of Bethlehem, the birthplace of David, and of Jerusalem, his capital.

(Encyclopedia) Bartlett, William Henry, 1800–1854, English painter and illustrator. After four visits to the United States, Bartlett illustrated a book, American Scenery (1840), with panoramic vistas…

Salem, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) SalemSalemsāˈləm [key] [Heb.,=peace], in the Bible, royal city of Melchizedek, traditionally identified with Jerusalem.