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Publisher: The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise Raoul Wallenberg 
 Brief biography of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish businessman who volunteered to travel to Budapest during World War II to save the lives of Jews threatened by the Nazis. He was arrested by Soviet troops in 1945 and disappeared. Wallenberg was made an Honorary Citizen of the United States in 1981. From the Jewish Virtual Library. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/wallenberg.html Topics: History, Judaism Last updated Jul 25, 2007 The Kibbutz
Background about the Israeli kibbutz movement. "The kibbutz (Hebrew word for 'communal settlement') is a unique rural community ... based on the principle of joint ownership." The first kibbutzim "(plural of 'kibbutz') were founded some 40 years before the establishment of the State of Israel (1948)." Includes data on population, and material on organization, types of work, raising children, traditions, and the future. From the Jewish Virtual Library. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/kibbutz.html Topics: Judaism Last updated Feb 2, 2009 |
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