The Ashkenazi Revolution

323SteinmanEliezer Steinman (1892 - August7,1970) was a Russian-born Israeli writer, journalist and editor.Tabenkin Yitzhak Tabenkin (January 8,1888–June 6,1971) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. He was one of thefounders of the Kibbutz Movement and the Movement for Greater Israel.Tel Hai DayOn 1 March 1920, severalhundred Shiites, from the village of Jabal Amil in southern Lebanon, gatheredat the gate of Tel Hai, one of four Jewish farming villages in an isolated blocat the northern end of the Upper Galilee's Hulah Valley. Due to amisunderstanding, a battle ensued and several Jews and Arabs were killed.Joseph Trumpeldor was wounded in that battle and later died. His death iscommemorated each year as Tel Hai Day.The Immigrants CampsHamakhanot ha’Olim , apioneering movement of teenagers in Palestine, stressed defense andpersonal fulfillment. It initially evolved from groups in the HerzliyaGymnasium (high school) in 1926; they established Kvutsat Hahugim inHadera in 1929 and eventually settled in Beit Hashita. After this groupmerged with breakaway Scouts groups in Haifa and Jerusalem, theHamahanot Ha'olim movement was established. It affiliated itself withHakibbutz Hame'uhad, and its alumni established kibbutzim.(http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/Youth.html)The Young WorkerHapoel Hatzair (The YoungWorker) is a Zionist group, which was active in Palestine from 1905 until1930. They were founded by A.D. Gordon, Yosef Ahronowitz, Yosef Sprinzak andfollowed a non-Marxist, Zionist, socialist agenda. In accordance with A.D.Gordon's beliefs, Hapoel Hatzair was an extremely pacifist and anti-militaristgroup and sought to establish a Jewish foothold in Palestine through theconquest of labor and land.TorahThe Torah consists of the first fivebooks of the Jewish scriptures. It consists of the the Booksof Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy . It is known inChristianity as the Pentateuch and is the Five Books of Moses — theentirety of Judaism's founding legal and ethical religious texts. A "Sefer Torah"("book of Torah") or Torah scroll is a copy of the Torah written