Rivka Shpak Lissak - geographical history

Migdal Was A Jewish Town Up to the 7th Century CE/ DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

rivka shpak lissakl — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:54:03 +0000

Translated to english by Dafna O'Neill

Present-day Midgal is situated west of the Lake of Galilee, on the road leading south to Tiberias. Its population numbers approximately 1500 people.

THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD (538 BCE – 70 CE)
During the Second Temple Period there were many Jewish towns and villages along the shores of the Lake of Galilee. Fishing and farming were the main occupations.

The Persian Perios (538 – 333 BCE)

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Deir Hanna Was the Jewish Kfar Hanun(or Kfar Yohanna) / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Arabic Fassouta Was Once A Jewish Village /DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Umm El Fahem Denies the Jews the Right to a National State / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak and DR.Shaul Bartal

Dalton Was Jewish in the Past and is Now Jewish Again / Dr.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Meyron was Jewish until the 12th Century and resettled from the 18th / DR.Rivka Lissak

Biriya was a Jewish Village and is Resettled Today / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Akbara, the Arabic Village was a Jewish town until the 11th Century / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Tiberias:Jews Lived in the City during most of its Existance/ RD.Rivka Shapk Lissak

Safed's Jewish Population: From the First Temple to Modern Times / DR.R.S.Lissak

Today's Yafa was An Israeli/Jewish Town for About 2,000 Years / Dr.Rivka Shpak Lissak

rivka shpak lissakl — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:55:12 +0000

Note:the article was translated to English by Dafna O'Neill
Yaffa, formerly the Jewish Yafia, is today an Arabic village in the lower Glilee, south-west of Nazareth, with a population of about 16,600. Nowadays the village is included in the municipality of Nazareth. Two-thirds of its population are Muslim, the rest Christian.
The Hebrew name Yafia means a place of magnificence. This was also the name of the king of Lakhish in Joshua’s time (the Book of Joshua, chapter 10, verse 3).
THE MIDDLE AND LATE BRONZE AGE (2000 – 1200 BCE)

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Deir Hanna Was the Jewish Kfar Hanun(or Kfar Yohanna) / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Arabic Fassouta Was Once A Jewish Village /DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Umm El Fahem Denies the Jews the Right to a National State / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak and DR.Shaul Bartal

Dalton Was Jewish in the Past and is Now Jewish Again / Dr.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Meyron was Jewish until the 12th Century and resettled from the 18th / DR.Rivka Lissak

Biriya was a Jewish Village and is Resettled Today / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Akbara, the Arabic Village was a Jewish town until the 11th Century / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Tiberias:Jews Lived in the City during most of its Existance/ RD.Rivka Shapk Lissak

Safed's Jewish Population: From the First Temple to Modern Times / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Village Sha'ab was Jewish Sha'av until the 11th Century / DR.R.S.Lissak

Deir Hanna Was the Jewish Kfar Hanun(or Kfar Yohanna) / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

rivka shpak lissakl — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:34:04 +0000

Deir Hanna is situated in the Sakhnin Valley in the lower Galilee, close to Sakhnin and Arabbe. Nowadays it is a large Arabic village with about 9,100 residents, 90% of whom are Muslim and the rest Christian. Bedouins have also settled in it.
The name Deir Hanna has several origins:
After Hanna, the commander of the Crusader force that conquered the village.
Deir – meaning ‘monastery’ – and Hanna, the name of a Christian saint;
Kfar Hanun, or Kfar Yohanna – the Jewish village that existed on this site during the period of the Mishna and Talmud.

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Umm El Fahem Denies the Jews the Right to a National State / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak and DR.Shaul Bartal

Dalton Was Jewish in the Past and is Now Jewish Again / Dr.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Meyron was Jewish until the 12th Century and resettled from the 18th / DR.Rivka Lissak

Biriya was a Jewish Village and is Resettled Today / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Akbara, the Arabic Village was a Jewish town until the 11th Century / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Tiberias:Jews Lived in the City during most of its Existance/ RD.Rivka Shapk Lissak

Safed's Jewish Population: From the First Temple to Modern Times / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Village Sha'ab was Jewish Sha'av until the 11th Century / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Jewish Village Ma'ariya has become the Mostly Druze Village Marar / DR.R.S.Lissak

Arabic Fassouta Was Once A Jewish Village /DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

rivka shpak lissakl — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:41:31 +0000

The Arabic village of Fassouta is located in the western Galilee, North-East of Ma’alot-Tarshiha, about two kilometres from the Lebanese border. Most of its 3000 residents are Greek-Orthodox Christians. The village was founded during the Ottoman period, about 150 years ago, at the end of the 18th century or the beginning of the 19th century, by immigrants who, most likely, came from Lebanon.

Fassouta’s ancient Hebrew name was Mafshata.

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Umm El Fahem Denies the Jews the Right to a National State / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak and DR.Shaul Bartal

Dalton Was Jewish in the Past and is Now Jewish Again / Dr.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Meyron was Jewish until the 12th Century and resettled from the 18th / DR.Rivka Lissak

Biriya was a Jewish Village and is Resettled Today / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Akbara, the Arabic Village was a Jewish town until the 11th Century / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Tiberias:Jews Lived in the City during most of its Existance/ RD.Rivka Shapk Lissak

Safed's Jewish Population: From the First Temple to Modern Times / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Village Sha'ab was Jewish Sha'av until the 11th Century / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Jewish Village Ma'ariya has become the Mostly Druze Village Marar / DR.R.S.Lissak

Umm El Fahem Denies the Jews the Right to a National State / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak and DR.Shaul Bartal

rivka shpak lissakl — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:26:50 +0000

Umm El Fahem of our time is an Israeli Arab city located in the Valley of Arra, east of the Hadera-Afula road. It gained the status of a city in 1985, and its 43,000 Muslim residents are members of four clans: Agabriya, Jabrin, Mahajna, and Mahamid.

“Umm El Fahem” means “mother of coal”. This name indicates the occupation of the city’s residents at the time of its foundation.

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Dalton Was Jewish in the Past and is Now Jewish Again / Dr.Rivka Shpak Lissak

rivka shpak lissakl — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:37:04 +0000

Dalton is located in the Upper Galilee not far from Safed. Nowadays it is a cooperative settlement that was established in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Tripoli, Libya. The settlement was built on the ruins of the Arabic village El Dalata (the Arabic translation of the Hebrew Dalton), which itself had been built on the ruins of the Jewish village Dalton. The settlement is famous for its winery and its population numbers 750.

The Roman & Byzantine Periods (70CE – 640CE)

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Arabic Fassouta Was Once A Jewish Village /DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Umm El Fahem Denies the Jews the Right to a National State / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak and DR.Shaul Bartal

Meyron was Jewish until the 12th Century and resettled from the 18th / DR.Rivka Lissak

Biriya was a Jewish Village and is Resettled Today / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Akbara, the Arabic Village was a Jewish town until the 11th Century / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Tiberias:Jews Lived in the City during most of its Existance/ RD.Rivka Shapk Lissak

Safed's Jewish Population: From the First Temple to Modern Times / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Village Sha'ab was Jewish Sha'av until the 11th Century / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Jewish Village Ma'ariya has become the Mostly Druze Village Marar / DR.R.S.Lissak

Meyron was Jewish until the 12th Century and resettled from the 18th / DR.Rivka Lissak

rivka shpak lissakl — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:47:47 +0000

Meyron (ancient Marrom) is situated at the foot of Mt Meyron on the Acre-Saffed road. A cooperative settlement was established not far from ancient Meyron in 1949 by Jewish Hungarian and Polish members of the “Hapoel Hamizrahi” organisation. The settlers lived on the ancient site for the first three years before moving to the present location in 1952. They worked in forestry and stone clearing. Meyron has a population of 500 to 750 people, a religious high school and a Yeshiva.

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Umm El Fahem Denies the Jews the Right to a National State / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak and DR.Shaul Bartal

Dalton Was Jewish in the Past and is Now Jewish Again / Dr.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Biriya was a Jewish Village and is Resettled Today / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Akbara, the Arabic Village was a Jewish town until the 11th Century / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Tiberias:Jews Lived in the City during most of its Existance/ RD.Rivka Shapk Lissak

Safed's Jewish Population: From the First Temple to Modern Times / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Village Sha'ab was Jewish Sha'av until the 11th Century / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Jewish Village Ma'ariya has become the Mostly Druze Village Marar / DR.R.S.Lissak

Biriya was a Jewish Village and is Resettled Today / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

rivka shpak lissakl — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:58:51 +0000

Biriya today is now a communial settlement, with about 600 residents.

The First Temple Period (1000 BCE – 587 BCE)

The is no information about an Israeli settlement on the Biriya site during the First Temple Period. But, an ancient tomb was found on the site, and according to an old tradition this is the tomb of Beniahu Ben Yehoyada, chief stuff of King David.

The Second Temple, the Roman and the Byzantine Periods (538 BCE – 640 CE)

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Deir Hanna Was the Jewish Kfar Hanun(or Kfar Yohanna) / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Arabic Fassouta Was Once A Jewish Village /DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Umm El Fahem Denies the Jews the Right to a National State / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak and DR.Shaul Bartal

Dalton Was Jewish in the Past and is Now Jewish Again / Dr.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Meyron was Jewish until the 12th Century and resettled from the 18th / DR.Rivka Lissak

Akbara, the Arabic Village was a Jewish town until the 11th Century / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Tiberias:Jews Lived in the City during most of its Existance/ RD.Rivka Shapk Lissak

Safed's Jewish Population: From the First Temple to Modern Times / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Village Sha'ab was Jewish Sha'av until the 11th Century / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Jewish Village Ma'ariya has become the Mostly Druze Village Marar / DR.R.S.Lissak

Akbara, the Arabic Village was a Jewish town until the 11th Century / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

rivka shpak lissakl — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:12:01 +0000

Akbara was until recently an Arab village in the upper-eastern Galilee, not far from Safed. About 1,000 people lived in the village. However, in 1982 the village was annexed to Safed and became a city neighborhood.

The First Temple Period (1,000 – 587BCE)

Akbara was an Israeli village. Prof.Benyamin Mazar found the name of Akbara on Tiglath Pilesser the 3rd monument from 732 BCE. The

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Deir Hanna Was the Jewish Kfar Hanun(or Kfar Yohanna) / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Arabic Fassouta Was Once A Jewish Village /DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Umm El Fahem Denies the Jews the Right to a National State / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak and DR.Shaul Bartal

Dalton Was Jewish in the Past and is Now Jewish Again / Dr.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Meyron was Jewish until the 12th Century and resettled from the 18th / DR.Rivka Lissak

Biriya was a Jewish Village and is Resettled Today / DR.Rivka Shpak Lissak

Tiberias:Jews Lived in the City during most of its Existance/ RD.Rivka Shapk Lissak

Safed's Jewish Population: From the First Temple to Modern Times / DR.R.S.Lissak

The Village Sha'ab was Jewish Sha'av until the 11th Century / DR.R.S.Lissak