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    Ma'barot, often called Ma'abarot, is a kibbutz in Emek Hefer in central Israel, in the wider region of the Sharon Plain. Established in 1933 and located...
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    Ma'abarot (Hebrew: מַעְבָּרוֹת) were immigrant and refugee absorption camps established in Israel in the 1950s, constituting one of the largest public...
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    Jewish refugees relocated to Israel. Some new immigrants arrived as refugees and were housed in temporary camps known as ma'abarot; by 1952, over 200,000 people...
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    camps known as ma'abarot. By 1952, over 200,000 immigrants were living in tents or prefabricated shacks built by the government. Israel received financial...
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    sent to transit camps, known initially as immigrant camps, and later as Ma'abarot. Many were also initially housed in reception centers in military barracks...
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  • camps known as ma'abarot. By 1952 more than 200,000 immigrants were living in tents or prefabricated shacks built by the government. Israel received financial...
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    Development town (category Israel Prize for special contribution to society and the State recipients)
    Arab–Israeli conflict, Jewish refugees from Arab states were initially resettled in refugee camps, known variously as immigrant camps, ma'abarot and development...
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  • The Gathering of Israel (Hebrew: קִבּוּץ גָּלֻיּוֹת, Modern: Kibbutz Galuyot, Tiberian: Qibbuṣ Galuyoth, lit. 'Ingathering of the Exiles'), or the Ingathering...
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    literary periodicals made their appearance—Ha-Adamah, edited by Brenner, and Ma'abarot, edited by Fichman. The 1920 and 1930s witnessed the emergence of Palestine...
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  • Commons has media related to Immigrant camps (Israel). (in Hebrew) Ma'abarot by Miriam Kachenski, Israeli Center for Educational Technology Alcalay, Ammiel...
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    of them arrived to Israel As with many other Jews from the Middle east and North Africa they were put into Transit camps or Ma'abarot. After 1951, emigration...
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  • The history of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel begins in the 2nd millennium BCE, when Israelites emerged as an outgrowth of southern Canaanites...
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    Jewish refugees relocated to Israel. Many arrived as penniless refugees and were housed in temporary camps known as ma'abarot; by 1952, over 200,000 immigrants...
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    The 1970s Soviet Union aliyah was the mass immigration of Soviet Jews to Israel after the Soviet Union lifted its ban on Jewish refusenik emigration in...
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  • Israeli law, passed on 5 July 1950, which gives Jews, people with one or more Jewish grandparent, and their spouses the right to relocate to Israel and...
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  • a policy of austerity. Unemployment was very high, especially in the ma'abarot camps, and foreign currency reserves were scarce. David Ben-Gurion and...
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  • were received by Israel under the Law of Return, which allows Jews and their non-Jewish spouses to relocate to Israel and acquire Israeli citizenship. Another...
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    Ashkelon (redirect from Ashkelon, Israel)
    was more than 106,000. In 1949 and 1950, three immigrant transit camps (ma'abarot) were established alongside Majdal (renamed Migdal) for Jewish refugees...
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  • transition upon arrival in Israel; Mizrahi immigrants and refugees were placed in rudimentary and hastily erected tent cities (Ma'abarot) often in development...
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    Or Yehuda (category Cities in Israel)
    established for some of the Ma'abarot residents. The modern town of Or Yehuda was officially established by the State of Israel in 1955 and was named after...
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    ordered the military police to instill order in the immigrant camps and ma'abarot in the south of the country. Two major operations for locating deserters...
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    Pe'er Tasi Zohar Argov Israel portal Aliyah Arabic language in Israel History of the Jews in Yemen Austerity in Israel Ma'abarot Yemenite Children Affair...
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  • Doron Egozi (category People from Ma'abarot, Israel)
    October 25, 1980) is an Israeli Olympic sport shooter. Egozi is Jewish, and was born in Ma'abarot, Israel. He is coached by Israeli Olympian Guy Starik....
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    offering of the first sheafs in Leviticus 23:10. In 1957, residents of the ma'abarot in the vicinity moved to Omer. In 1962, it was renamed Tomer and became...
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    "teaching", or "instruction". The ulpan is designed to teach adult immigrants to Israel the basic language skills of conversation, writing, and comprehension. Most...
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  • immigrating to the new state. Many were housed in temporary camps known as ma'abarot, where they lived in huts, tents, and packing crates until permanent housing...
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    immigrants were placed in temporary ma'abarot, or transit camps. In 1952 the "Zionist Organization-Jewish Agency for Israel Status Law" was passed by the Knesset...
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  • Geva Alon (category People from Ma'abarot, Israel)
    born 30 May 1979) is an Israeli blues/folk/rock musician and singer-songwriter. Geva Alon was born and raised in Kibbutz Ma'abarot. He began playing guitar...
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    Mizrahi Jews (category Ethnic groups in Israel)
    transition upon arrival in Israel; Mizrahi immigrants and refugees were placed in rudimentary and hastily erected tent cities (ma'abarot) often in development...
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  • organization Haganah in British Mandatory Palestine, and later the State of Israel, that operated to facilitate Jewish immigration to British Palestine. During...
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