USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jerusalem: At a Glance The Hebrew Bible instructs all Jews to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem three times a year: in spring for Passover, in summer for Shavuout, and in the fall for Sukkot.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some 300, 000 Jews-up to a quarter of the Spanish population-had to convert to Catholicism or flee Spain, or were killed in the Spanish Inquisition. Now their descendants may become Spanish again, under a draft law approved by Spain’s government.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: , romanized: təfūṣā) or exile (Hebrew: gālūṯ; Yiddish: golus) is the dispersion of Israelites or Jews out of their ancient ancestral homeland (the Land of Israel) and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe.

Detailed explanation-4: -The oldest fossils of anatomically modern humans found outside Africa are the Skhul and Qafzeh hominids, who lived in northern Israel 120, 000 years ago. Around 10th millennium BCE, the Natufian culture existed in the area.