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Baruch Korff, the Glossary

Baruch Korff (July 4, 1914 – July 26, 1995) was an American Orthodox rabbi.^[1]

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Antisemitism

Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against, Jews.

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Bar and bat mitzvah

A bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, or b mitzvah (gender neutral), is a coming-of-age ritual in Judaism.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.

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A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intelligence agency, embassy, school, labor union, business, police department, fire department, university, sports club), or a private chapel.

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Firebombing

Firebombing is a bombing technique designed to damage a target, generally an urban area, through the use of fire, caused by incendiary devices, rather than from the blast effect of large bombs.

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Golda Meir

Golda Meir (3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974.

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Irgun

The Irgun (ארגון; full title: הארגון הצבאי הלאומי בארץ ישראל, lit. "The National Military Organization in the Land of Israel"), or Etzel (אצ״ל) (sometimes abbreviated IZL), was a Zionist paramilitary organization that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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La Santé Prison

La Santé Prison (named after its location on the Rue de la Santé) (Maison d'arrêt de la Santé or Prison de la Santé) is a prison operated by the French Prison Service of the Ministry of Justice located in the east of the Montparnasse district of the 14th arrondissement in southern Paris, France at 42 Rue de la Santé.

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Lehi (militant group)

Lehi (לח"י – לוחמי חרות ישראל Lohamei Herut Israel – Lehi, "Fighters for the Freedom of Israel – Lehi", sometimes abbreviated "LHI"), often known pejoratively as the Stern Gang,"This group was known to its friends as LEHI and to its enemies as the Stern Gang." Blumberg, Arnold.

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Mandatory Palestine

Mandatory Palestine was a geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.

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Menachem Begin

Menachem Begin (Menaḥem Begin,; Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937);; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.

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Nazism

Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.

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Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism.

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Pogroms in the Russian Empire

Pogroms in the Russian Empire (Еврейские погромы в Российской империи) were large-scale, targeted, and repeated anti-Jewish rioting that began in the 19th century.

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.

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Prophets in Judaism

According to the Talmud, there were 48 prophets and 7 prophetesses of Judaism (נְבִיאִים Nəvīʾīm, Tiberian: Năḇīʾīm, "Prophets", literally "spokespersons") The last Jewish prophet is believed to have been Malachi.

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

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Rabbi

A rabbi (רַבִּי|translit.

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Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) is the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University (YU).

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Rabbis' march (1943)

The Rabbis' March was a demonstration in support of American and allied action to stop the destruction of European Jewry.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island (pronounced "road") is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's 32 boroughs.

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Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939.

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SS Exodus

Exodus 1947 was a packet steamship that was built in the United States in 1928 as President Warfield for the Baltimore Steam Packet Company.

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Taunton, Massachusetts

Taunton is a city and county seat of Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.

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The Jewish Chronicle

The Jewish Chronicle (The JC) is a London-based Jewish weekly newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Union of Orthodox Rabbis

The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada (UOR), often called by its Hebrew name, Agudath Harabonim or (in Ashkenazi Hebrew) Agudas Harabonim ("union of rabbis"), was established in 1901 in the United States and is the oldest organization of Orthodox rabbis in the United States.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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War Refugee Board

The War Refugee Board, established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in January 1944, was a U.S. executive agency to aid civilian victims of the Axis powers.

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Watergate scandal

The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation. Baruch Korff and Watergate scandal are Richard Nixon.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yeshiva

A yeshiva or jeshibah (ישיבה||sitting; pl. ישיבות, or) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel.

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Yitzhak Aharon Korff

Yitzhak Aharon (Ira A.) Korff is the present Rebbe of Zvhil – Mezhbizh.

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Yitzhak Rabin

Yitzhak Rabin (יִצְחָק רַבִּין,; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general.

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Zionism

Zionism is an ethno-cultural nationalist movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century and aimed for the establishment of a Jewish state through the colonization of a land outside of Europe.

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Zviahel

Zviahel is a city in Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine.

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1948 Palestine war

The 1948 Palestine war was fought in the territory of what had been, at the start of the war, British-ruled Mandatory Palestine. During the war, the British withdrew from Palestine, Zionist forces conquered territory and established the State of Israel, and over 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Korff

Baruch Korff, the Glossary

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Activists from Rhode Island

Deaths from cancer in Rhode Island

Lehi members

People from Zviahel

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