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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.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Old Town of Gaza (1862–1863). Picture by Francis Frith The known history of Gaza City spans 4,000 years. Gaza was ruled, destroyed and repopulated by various dynasties, empires, and peoples ...
In 1900, the estimated Jewish population of the city stood around 15,000, in a total population of 325,902. [citation needed] In 2008, the estimated Jewish population of the Cincinnati metropolitan area stood around 27,000. [7] By 2019, the estimated Jewish population of the Cincinnati metropolitan area was around 32,100. [8] [9]
Gaza, [b] also called Gaza City, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the capital of the Gaza Governorate. Located on the Mediterranean coast, 76.6 kilometres (47.6 mi) southwest of Jerusalem , it is home to Palestine's only port .
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Clickable map of the depopulated locations During the 1947–1949 Palestine war, or the Nakba, around 400 Palestinian Arab towns and villages were forcibly depopulated, with a majority being destroyed and left uninhabitable. Today these locations are all in Israel ; many of the locations were ...
The Gaza synagogue was an ancient Jewish synagogue, now an archaeological site in the Rimal district of Gaza City, Palestine. Built in the early 6th century during the Byzantine period, it was destroyed by fire in the first half of the 7th century. It was located in the ancient port city of Gaza, then known as Maiumas. The archaeological ...
It says: "Expressing Cincinnati City Council's sympathy for the ongoing human suffering caused by the current conflict in the Middle East; condemning violence against civilians of any kind ...
The history of Jews in Ohio dates back to 1817, when Joseph Jonas, a pioneer, came from England and made his home in Cincinnati.He drew after him a number of English Jews, who held Orthodox-style divine service for the first time in Ohio in 1819, and, as the community grew, organized themselves in 1824 into the first Jewish congregation of the Ohio Valley, the B'ne Israel.