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Richler, Mordecai
(Encyclopedia)Richler, Mordecai, 1931–2001, Canadian novelist, b. Montreal. He fled his native city in the early 1950s and lived mainly in London, returning to Canada in 1972 and from then on spending part of his...Mordecai
(Encyclopedia)Mordecai môr´dk, môrdk´ [key], cousin and guardian of Esther. ...Noah, Mordecai Manuel
(Encyclopedia)Noah, Mordecai Manuel môr´dk, n´ [key], 1785–1851, American journalist and politician, b. Philadelphia. He became a journalist in Charleston, S.C., and gave ardent support to the War of 1...Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem
(Encyclopedia)Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem môr´dk mnäkh´m kp´ln [key], 1881–1983, American rabbi, educator, and philosopher, b. Lithuania, grad. College of the City of New York, 1900, M.A. Columbia...Jair
(Encyclopedia)Jair j´r [key], in the Bible. 1 Judge of Israel. 2 Mordecai's father. 3 See Jaare-oregim. See also Havoth-jair. ...Kish
(Encyclopedia)Kish ksh [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Saul. An alternate form is Cis. 2 Uncle of Saul. 3 Ancestor of Mordecai. ...Shimei
(Encyclopedia)Shimei shm´ [key], in the Bible. 1 Benjamite who cursed David. 2 Royal official. 3 Ancestor of Mordecai. 4 Gershonite family. An alternate form is Shimi. 5 Brother of Zerubbabel. 6 Course of pr...Haman
(Encyclopedia)Haman h´mn [key] or Aman´– [key], in the Bible, favored minister of Ahasuerus. He commanded that all Jews be put to death. Esther interceded for her people, and Haman was hanged on the gallo...Esther
(Encyclopedia)Esther s´tr [key], book of the Bible. It is the tale of the beautiful Jewish woman Esther [Heb.,= Hadassah], who is chosen as queen by the Persian King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I or II) after he has rep...Hamadan
(Encyclopedia)Hamadan hämädän´ [key], city (1991 pop. 349,653), capital of Hamadan prov., W Iran, at the foot of Mt. Alwand. Located at an altitude of 6,000 ft (1,829 m), it is the trade center for a fertile fa...Browse by Subject
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