The experiences of the Israelites in the Holy Land reflected their relationship with God. When they obeyed God, the Land was fertile and peaceful. When they began disobeying Him, the Land vomited them out and lost its fertility (Leviticus 26).
The Patriarchs and their family lived in the land of Israel (Canaan) for 220 years. The era from Joshua until the First Destruction (including the Judges and Kings) was 850 years. The Second Temple era was, according to traditional chronology, another 420 years (not 586), which included the Hasmonean dynasty. That's a total of 1490 years.
After the Second Destruction, there were thousands of Jews who remained in Israel (Judea; Palestine) throughout the Talmudic era and beyond (see for example the Talmud, Sanhedrin 17b). They were the majority of Palestine's population well into the fourth century, with records attesting to at least 43 Jewish communities, most of them in the Galilee and Jordan valley. After that, there were still Yeshivas in Israel with at least some thousands of community-members.
Israel.
It is known as Israel.
The Hasmonean Kingdom, which was the last Jewish State in the Land of Israel prior to the Modern State of Israel, was defeated and conquered by the Romans in 37 BCE.
After the Holocaust, the Jewish people of Israel took the land of Palestine because it was the Chosen land by God. They have been fighting ever since.
Because it WA difficult for the Jewish to have their own land, so they created a land called kibbutzim best thing ever LOL :) DP
Israel.
Israel´s history began about 3,000 years ago in the Land of Canaan, which was later called "Eretz Israel" - The Land of Israel- and then, after the Jewish revolt by Bar Kohba,was renamed in "Palestine" by Romans who conquered this land
Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people. It is the land that the Jews originally came from. Some Jews believe the land was promised to the Jews by God. Others believe a history of thousands of years binds the land to the people.
Converted Jewish people do not do any special "proclaiming" of the land of Israel.
It is known as Israel.
The Modern State of Israel has little to do with Jewish faith, but a lot to do with Jewish identity. Israel is the only Jewish State in the sense that Greece is the only Greek State (except perhaps Cyprus). Israel actualizes many of the ideals of Jewish leadership and society and represents what being Jewish means as a group of people and a society. However, according to Jewish faith, there is no need for a State as God will protect His people. This is why Israel has little directly to do with faith. Regardless, much of the religious Jewish decisions and schools are in Israel and Israel's Jewish orientation facilitates the growth and development of these institutions. In terms of Jewish identity, Ahad Ha'am explains that the Jewish Soul is intrinsically connected to his history and in the same way that a German-American can never be as properly German as a German in Germany, the People of Israel can never be as properly Jewish if they are not in the Land of Israel. The relics in that land speak to a Jewish sensibility and character.
The Modern State of Israel has little to do with Jewish faith, but a lot to do with Jewish identity. Israel is the only Jewish State in the sense that Greece is the only Greek State (except perhaps Cyprus). Israel actualizes many of the ideals of Jewish leadership and society and represents what being Jewish means as a group of people and a society. However, according to Jewish faith, there is no need for a State as God will protect His people. This is why Israel has little directly to do with faith. Regardless, much of the religious Jewish decisions and schools are in Israel and Israel's Jewish orientation facilitates the growth and development of these institutions. In terms of Jewish identity, Ahad Ha'am explains that the Jewish Soul is intrinsically connected to his history and in the same way that a German-American can never be as properly German as a German in Germany, the People of Israel can never be as properly Jewish if they are not in the Land of Israel. The relics in that land speak to a Jewish sensibility and character.
It is their historic homeland. Ahad Ha'am explains that the Jewish Soul is intrinsically connected to his history and in the same way that a German-American can never be as properly German as a German in Germany, the People of Israel can never be as properly Jewish if they are not in the Land of Israel. The relics in that land speak to a Jewish sensibility and character.
Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel).
To return to their ancient land.
The Jewish promised land is the land of Israel. It is called promised because it was promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and to their decendents as recorded in various locations in the Bible such as Genesis 17:8, 21:4, 26:13, and 32:12. Also, see Joshua 1:6.
The settle became Israel in the 1967 6 day war.