Eretz Israel
Israel is a nation notorious for its religion. I say 'notorious' because some people believe that there is no purpose to having multiple religions in the same country.
Religion[edit | edit source]
One of the main draws to Israel is the religion (of course). Here are some of the common religions in Israel...
Judaism - The original and (YMMV) the best. Involves the Torah, a holy book (doesn't every religion have that? DATA EXPUNGED).
Christianity - Started here too. Basically Judaism for the first few years. Still is,[citation needed] if you follow the opinions[citation needed] of the Jews.[citation needed]
Islam - We are not terrorists TFS. Israel is not as much affiliated to Islam, but they still go there in the thousands because... well... who wouldn't?
Bahá'í Faith - So they finally got tired of all the religions so they just decided to merge them all together and see what sticks.
Yazidism - Tawûsê Melek ≠ Satan
Zoroastrianism (probably) - The one where they worship a Japanese car
Hinduism (yeah sure, why not?) - Unique among the religions of Eretz Israel in that they don't say there's one God. My god is a moonbutt pony Princess!
Other culture[edit | edit source]
The roots of the culture of Israel developed long before modern Israel's independence in 1948 and traces back to ancient Israel (c. 1000 BCE). It reflects Jewish culture, Jewish history in the diaspora, the ideology of the Zionist movement that developed in the late 19th century, as well as the history and traditions of the Arab Israeli population and ethnic minorities that live in Israel, among them Druze, Circassians, Armenians and more.
Israel is the birthplace of the Jewish culture and its culture encompasses the foundations of many Jewish cultural characteristics, including philosophy, literature, poetry, art, mythology, folklore, mysticism and festivals; as well as Judaism, which was also fundamental to the creation of Christianity and Islam.
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are considered the main cultural hubs of Israel. The New York Times has described Tel Aviv as the "capital of Mediterranean cool," Lonely Planet ranked it as a top ten city for nightlife, and National Geographic named it one of the top ten beach cities.
With over 200 museums, Israel has the highest number of museums per capita in the world, with millions of visitors annually. Major art museums operate in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and Herzliya, as well as in many towns and Kibbutzim. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra plays at venues throughout the country and abroad, and almost every city has its own orchestra, many of the musicians hailing from the former Soviet Union.
Folkdancing is popular in Israel, and Israeli modern dance companies, among them the Batsheva Dance Company, are highly acclaimed in the dance world. The national theatre, Habima was established in 1917. Israeli filmmakers and actors have won awards at international film festivals in recent years. Since the 1980s, Israeli literature has been widely translated, and several Israeli writers have achieved international recognition.
History[edit | edit source]
See "Religion" above.
Inventions[edit | edit source]
- Some knots
- Tourniquets
- Scientific publications
- Pillcam endoscopic capsule
- Copaxone immunomodulator drug
- Taliglucerase alfa
- Work explaining irrational human economic choices
- Rubinstein bargaining model
- World's smallest DNA computing machine system
- Nondeterministic finite automatons
- Lempel–Ziv–Welch algorithm
- RSA public key encryption
- Differential cryptanalysis
- Intel 8088
- OrCam MyEye
- MI Tavor TAR-21
- Python (short-range air-to-air missile)
- Hybrid cucumber seeds
- Sabich
- Martial arts (basically)
Geography[edit | edit source]
Just a piece of land. Worth expanding. (The article AND the actual country).
Israel is a sort of thing[edit | edit source]
Notorion. Notorious as notorion, means that it's the most pointless traffic work. Traffic works are dead because the washer believed that there was a further reason of Tronnick's green almonds.