by hadassah | Sep 26, 2019 | Presence in the Land
400-500: Protection and Rejection The 5th century was characterized by the protection of the Roman Empire’s Jewish subjects while simultaneously rejecting them. On the one hand, privileges were granted to the Jewish patriarchs, and synagogues and the...
by hadassah | Sep 26, 2019 | Presence in the Land
500-600: Decrees against “Heretics” In the 6th century, Eastern Roman Emperors Justin and Justinian made a number of decrees against “heretics” which were aimed at other Christian groups, Samaritans and Jews. Jews continued to pray on the Temple...
by hadassah | Sep 26, 2019 | Presence in the Land
600-1000: The Arab Conquest Caliph Umar (Omar) conquered the Land of Israel in 638 and the Dome of the Rock was constructed on the Temple Mount in approximately 685. In the first century after the Arab conquest, the community in the land was primarily Jewish...
by hadassah | Sep 26, 2019 | Presence in the Land
1800-1900: The Awakening of Zionism The 19th century saw the awakening of political Zionism. The Dreyfus Affair galvanized Theodore Herzl to demand a homeland for the Jewish people. He published his seminal work, Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State) and met with...
by hadassah | Sep 25, 2019 | Presence in the Land
1700-1800: Muslim Oppression The Jewish population of the Land of Israel grew to approximately 20,000 in the middle of the 18th century. The first construction of the Hurva Synagogue began in 1701, but the synagogue was destroyed by the Muslims in 1721, when...
by hadassah | Sep 25, 2019 | Presence in the Land
1600-1700: Destruction of Tiberias Jews continued to immigrate to the Land of Israel in the 17th century. Rabbi Avraham Azulai moved from Morocco to Hebron in 1600. Jews fleeing persecution in Spain, Germany and Italy found their way to Palestine. In 1658,...
