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Dutch People In Israel
Dutch people in Israel () include Israeli citizens or residents who were born in the Netherlands or are of Dutch descent. List of Dutch Israelis Arts * Helen Berman - painter (Dutch-born) * Hannah Yakin - painter (Dutch-born) Business * Dov Frohman - director-general of Intel Israel, inventor of the EPROM (Dutch-born) Civil service * Ya'akov Arnon - director-general of the Israeli ministry of Finance (Dutch-born) Music * Keren Ann - recording artist, singer-songwriter and producer * Carmit Bachar - singer (American-born, of mixed Dutch-Israeli descent, with some Indonesian, Jewish, and Chinese roots) * Bart Berman - pianist and composer (Dutch-born) Politics * Ophir Pines-Paz - Knesset member and former cabinet minister (was a citizen of the Netherlands; Dutch-born father) Science * Martin van Creveld - military historian * Chaim Elata - professor emeritus of mechanical engineering and President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Chairman of the Israel P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knesset
The Knesset ( , ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Israel. The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supervises the work of the government, among other things. In addition, the Knesset elects the State Comptroller of Israel, state comptroller. It also has the power to waive the immunity of its members, remove the president and the state comptroller from office, dissolve the government in a constructive vote of no confidence, and to dissolve itself and call new elections. The prime minister may also Dissolution of parliament, dissolve the Knesset. However, until an election is completed, the Knesset maintains authority in its current composition.The Knesset Jewish Virtual Library. Ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of The Jews In The Netherlands
The history of the Jews in the Netherlands largely dates to the late 16th century and 17th century, when Sephardic Jews from Portugal and Spain began to settle in Amsterdam and a few other Dutch cities, because the Netherlands was an unusual center of religious tolerance. Since Portuguese Jews had not lived under rabbinic authority for decades, the first generation of those embracing their ancestral religion had to be formally instructed in Jewish belief and practice. This contrasts with Ashkenazi Jews from central Europe, who, although persecuted, lived in organized communities. Seventeenth-century Amsterdam was referred to as the Jerusalem of the West, "Dutch Jerusalem" for its importance as a center of Jewish life. In the mid 17th century, Ashkenazi Jews from central and eastern Europe migrated. Both groups migrated for reasons of religious liberty, to escape persecution, now able to live openly as Jews in separate organized, autonomous Jewish communities under rabbinic aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dutch Jews
This page is a list of notable Dutch Jews, arranged by field of activity. Sciences Economists Historians Jurists Mathematicians Musicians Actors Visual arts Politicians Business Sportspeople Writers Other * Solomonica de Winter, writer/Internet personality See also *History of the Jews in the Netherlands * List of Dutch Israelis * List of West European Jews References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dutch Jews Netherlands Jews Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ... Jews,Netherlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
