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Gaza City, situated along the Mediterranean coast, was part of the Seleucid Empire during the Hellenistic period, and later came under Roman rule. [3] During the Hellenistic period, which began with the conquests of Alexander the Great in the late 4th century BCE, there was a large Jewish population in nearby Judea, and Jewish communities also existed in other parts of the region.
The Gaza synagogue is a former ancient Jewish synagogue that was built in the early 6th century during the Byzantine period and destroyed in the first half of the 7th century. It was located in the ancient port city of Gaza, then known as " Maiumas ", currently the Rimal district of Gaza City , in the State of Palestine .
The Abraham Temple (Hebrew: אברהם מקדש, romanized: ʾbrhm mqdš; Arabic: معبد ابراهيم, romanized: Maʻbad Ibrāhīm) is a Jewish synagogue located in Gaza, in the State of Palestine. [1]
Throughout the Roman period, Gaza was a prosperous city and received grants and attention from several emperors. [20] A 500-member senate governed Gaza, and a diverse variety of Greeks, Romans, Phoenicians, Jews, Egyptians, Persians, and Bedouin populated the city. Gaza's mint issued coins adorned with the busts of gods and emperors. [28]
The Old Town of Gaza (1862–1863). Picture by Francis Frith The known history of Gaza spans 4,000 years. Gaza was ruled, destroyed and repopulated by various dynasties, empires, and peoples. Originally a Canaanite settlement, it came under the control of the ancient Egyptians for roughly 350 years before being conquered and becoming one of the Philistines' principal cities. Gaza became part ...
Hundreds of Jewish peace activists and their allies converged at a major train station in downtown Chicago during rush hour Monday morning, blocking the entrance to the Israeli consulate and ...
Kfar Darom was founded on 250 dunams of land (about 25 hectares or 60 acres) purchased in 1930 by Tuvia Miller for a fruit orchard on the site of an ancient Jewish settlement of the same name mentioned in the Talmud. Following the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, Miller sold his land to the Jewish National Fund in 1946.
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