Israel

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Israeli schools tend to follow the educational model common throughout Europe. That means that if you do not complete what in the U.S. would be considered "college level" Calculus, both I and II, by the 11th grade, you don't graduate. In Israel high level grammar and language, what would be considered "AP English," or rather its Hebrew equivalent, is usually completed by the 10th grade. I am not too sure regarding the details, but I do know, in Israel school teachers have very high salaries, with six figures not being uncommon among 10 year veterans. However there is also massive disparity as to which schools get money; if you are talking the schools of ashkenazi Jewish Israelis, the quality of education is some of the best in the world, topped only by France and Switzerland, and even then that is flattering France and Switzerland. However, if you are talking some Sephardi, and Misrahi schools, you have some of the most run down types of schools, you will ever see. In fact, Israel does not even use standardized testing (that is an American phenomenon); like all places in the world outside the U.S.A, Israel uses entrance exams. While not nearly as difficult as the entrance exams of Japan or South Korea where the saying goes "he who sleeps, does not go to college!" the exams are so ridiculously tough, they still give many people nightmares. In fact, Israeli university exams are so tough, most people would rather serve in the army first; the majority of Israelis are more scared of the University entrance exams, than they are of the army.

According to biblical chronology, the two states separated approximately 921 BCE. This is confirmed in 1 Kings and 2 Kings by the king list for the northern kingdom of Israel, which was destroyed by the Assyrians in 722 BCE, a date that has been fixed by historians.

However, there is a growing consensus among scholars that there never was a united monarchy of Israel. Lester L Grabbe (Ancient Israel) expresses the emphatic view is that if indeed there was a United Monarchy, it was not as the Bible pictures it.

The Mediterranean Sea comprises a large part of Israel's western border.

Aram, the ancient Kingdom based in Syria had a tumultuous relationship with Judah. During the United-Kingdom of Israel period, Aram was a subordinate vassal of Davidic and Solomonic Israel. With the fall of the United Kingdom and the independence of Israel and Judah, Aram became an ascendant power. Most conflict occurred between Aram and the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Aram and Judah had decent relations, but Judah could not help but sympathize with their kinsmen's plight in the north. Eventually, Aram, Israel, and Judah were all conquered by Assyria (based out of modern day Iraq). Judean culture and religion survived, but the other two cultures, among many others, were lost to history.

Women have always had the right to vote ever since Israel's independence in 1948.

This question is nebulous because it does not give a timeframe. If the intent is to discuss the modern State of Israel, the majority of Jewish immigration to State came in waves. There were the immigrations during the 1920s to 1940s where around 300,000 Jews immigrated to Israel. There were the immigrations from the Arab World in which around 500,000 Jews immigrated to Israel. There were the sporadic missions which brought in about 100,000 Jews from Ethiopia, Yemen, and other countries and there was the Russian immigration in the early 1990s that brought in 1,000,000 immigrants. There is also sporadic immigration from Europe and the Americas. Most Israelis today are Sabras (native-born Jews).

The distance between Jerusalem, Israel, and Tehran, Iran, is 967 miles, (1,556km).

Anyone can become an Israeli citizen except for an ethnic Palestinian who did not live within the Israeli borders in 1949 or is not in the annexed territories (like the Golan or East Jerusalem). This caveat is due to the sensitive political nature of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. In fact, Palestinians are the single largest Israeli citizen group after Jews.

It is far easier for a Jew to become an Israeli citizen, than a non-Jew, but this is typical of countries in the region which give individuals of the dominant ethnicity from abroad to become citizens. (Armenia, Lithuania, Poland, etc. have this rule as well.) There is criticism that the inequality of citizenship process times is problematic, but it is much easier for a Muslim or Christian from abroad to become an Israeli citizen than it is for a Jew or Christian from abroad to become a Moroccan or Tunisian citizen and a non-Muslim can never become a Saudi citizen.

Jerusalem is in Israel, a country on the continent of Asia.

The Dome of the Rock is located in the city of Jerusalem.


This strikes me as "What color is George Washington's white horse?" question.

Jerusalem is the city wherein the Dome of the Rock is located.

Bethlehem, Calvary and Jerusalem are holy to Christians. The temple mount which is the base where the temple of Solomon used to stand is holy to Jewish people and for some reason the same spot is called holy by muslims because muslims built a mosque where the temple of Solomon used to be.

Judaism is an ethnic group as well as a religion, so there are Jewish atheists, but statistics are not measured on this category. Some Jewish Atheists prefer to be called Humanistic Jews, and there are even synagogues dedicated to humanistic Judaism.

During the late 1800's there was a strong movement to return to the "promised land" of the Old Testament, called Zionism. As this movement gained popularity, large numbers of Jews from around the world resettled in what would become the British Mandate of Palestine.

Herzl explained quite well that the European concept of a nation-state was dependent on the idea that all of the people in any particular nation were of the same ethnic stock and heritage. Jews were branded by this system to be "the Other" and were regarded at best as possible equals and at worse as traitors, spies, thieves, and fifth columns. When the Dreyfus Affair turned out marches in Paris that said "Death to the Jews" on account of a kangaroo court against a particular guiltless Jew, it became clear that the Jew could not be integrated into Europe.

Ahad Ha'am explained 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. There are also religious reasons as expounded by Rav Avraham Kook which posit that the development of a Jewish State in Israel hastens the arrival of the Messiah.

The state of Israel got its independence in 1948. The U.N suggested to split the land for both Jews and Arabs. The Jews agreed but the Arabs didn't. War burst and the Jews won.

Further more, Israel is mentioned in the bible many times as the home of Jews so it goes way back to 4,000 years ago.

Israel is a very westernized and liberal society (in most places) so there are no special rules (for the most part). Just don't do anything you wouldn't do in your own country.

When entering strict, Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, it's best to check with guides regarding Jewish laws.

You can talk about almost anything. There is freedom of speech in Israel. Just don't joke about terrorism.

1999 -- 4.14 2000 -- 4.0773 2001 --4.2056 2002 -- 4.7378 2003 -- 4.4583 2004 -- 4.4820 2005 -- 4.4878 2006 -- 4.4565 2007 -- 4.1081 Source: Bank of Israel Website

The official name in Hebrew is "Medinat Yisrael," the State of Israel in English.

Medina in Hebrew is an older word previously referring to a national community and the Zionist Jews forming Israel felt that it would be a perfect double entendre to use it as the name of the country. It could be read literally as "The State of Israel" or it could be read as "The National Community of the People Israel". This would signal to other Jews the historic nature that Israel represented the culture and future of the Jewish people, unlike any other modern country.

Israel is a first world country and has living conditions like you would expect in a Western European country, Canada, or the United States. Understandably, some regions may be better treated and some may be worse treated, but Israelis on the whole live a very privileged life. (France has banlieues as well.)

A number of Christian rituals have roots in Jewish traditions. The celebration of the Jewish festival of Passover, which commemorates the exodus of Jews from captivity in Egypt, has been mixed with Easter from the beginning and the Hebrew word Pesach, originally meaning Passover, came to mean Easter as well.

Christian worshippers from all over the world gather in the Holy Land of Jerusalem for Easter celebration. Pilgrims congregate for an Easter sunrise service at the Garden tomb in Jerusalem. Easter mass is celebrated at the ancient Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's walled Old City. Priests and monks chant the liturgy, as incense rises above the tomb where Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead.

In mainland Israel, orthodox Jews celebrate the Passover while Messianic Jews celebrate Easter like the rest of the Christians around the world. The different celebrations arise from the fact that Orthodox Jews do not accept Jesus Christ to be the Messiah sent from God, and therefore they do not celebrate his Crucifixion or his return from death.

During Easter many processions are held in Israel where groups travel the route of Jesus Christ's journey to Golgotha. The route is referred to as the Twelve Stations of the Cross.