The Ashkenazi Revolution

314MasadaMasada is the name for a site ofancient palaces and fortifications in the South District of Israel, on top of anisolated rock plateau, or horst, on the eastern edge of the JudeanDesert overlooking the Dead Sea. After the First Jewish-Roman War, a siege of thefortress by troops of the Roman Empire led to the mass suicide ofthe Sicarii rebels. It is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Arad.Meir Ya’ari Meir Ya'ari (February 21,1897 –April 24,1987) was an Israeli politician, educator and social activist. He wasthe leader of Hashomer Hatzair, Kibbutz Artzi and Mapam, and a member ofthe Knesset.Menahem Begin Menachem Begin (August 16,1913–March 9,1992) was a politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister ofthe State of Israel. Before independence, he was the leader of the Zionist militantgroup Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitaryorganization Haganah. He proclaimed a revolt, on February 1, 1944, againstthe British mandatory government, which was opposed by the Jewish Agency. Ashead of the Irgun, he targeted the British in Palestine, and had a deep-rootedhatred of Britain, which some claim would resurface decades later with hisaiding, and supply of illegal weapons, to Argentina during the Falklands war.Mendele the Book PeddlerMendele MocherSforim (December 21, 1835 (O.S.) = January 2, 1836 (N.S.),Kapyl —November 25, 1917 (O.S.) = December 8, 1917 (N.S.). "Mendele the bookpeddler," is the pseudonym of Sholem Yankev Abramovich, Jewish author andone of the founders of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature.MendelssohnMoses Mendelssohn (September6,1729 – January 4,1786) was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas therenaissance of European Jews, Haskalah (the Jewish Enlightenment) isindebted. He has been referred to as the father of Reform Judaism.Mikveh Israelfirst Jewish agricultural school in Israel.Mikveh Israel is theMizrahi (Jews)Mizrahi literally means “Easterner”in Hebrew. It refers to Jews from a Mideastern, Asian or North African,background.