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A hanging hamsa in Tunisia. The hamsa (Arabic: خمسة, romanized: khamsa, lit. 'five', referring to images of 'the five fingers of the hand'), [1] [2] [3] also known as the hand of Fatima, [4] is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings.
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill came into force in Scotland on 1 April 2024, with Yousaf coming under considerable criticism regarding the bill. The new laws in Scotland made it against the law to "stir up hatred" based on one’s age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or their variations in sex ...
Humza Haroon Yousaf (/ ˈ h ʌ m z ə ˈ j uː s ə f /; [1] born 7 April 1985) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from March 2023 to May 2024.
Sepharad (/ ˈ s ɛ f ər æ d / SEF-ər-ad [1] or / s ə ˈ f ɛər ə d / sə-FAIR-əd; [2] [3] Hebrew: סְפָרַד, romanized: Səp̄āraḏ, Israeli pronunciation:; also Sfard, Spharad, Sefarad, or Sephared) is the Hebrew-language name for the Iberian Peninsula, consisting of both modern-time Western Europe's Spain and Portugal, especially in reference to the local Jews before their ...
These women also financially contributed to the growth of the Jewish/Converso community and synagogue. [5] The Jewish community and conversos exchanged books and knowledge, Jews taught conversos how to read to ensure constant growth of their Jewish heritage. To take a stance against the church and its principles, some conversos performed ...
“The hamsa is one of the oldest Jewish symbols, with imagery found on ancient Israelite tombs dating back to the 8th century BCE,” Rabbi Judy Greenfeld says. “The hamsa with the evil eye is ...
The modern Jewish Iberian population is based on post-war immigration and numbers around 14,000. The following is a list of prominent Iberian Jews arranged by country of origin: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The eminent scholar David Daiches states in his autobiographical Two Worlds: A Scottish born Jewish Childhood that there are grounds for saying that Scotland is the only Immigrant country with no history of state persecution of Jews. Jews were re-admitted to England and Wales in 1656 by Oliver Cromwell.