Eretz Israel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Eretz Israel
From Hebrew ereṣ yiśrāʾēl
Example Sentences
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There, she worked on a farm, lived on a kibbutz and, with thousands of other idealistic European Jews who had moved to Eretz Israel, pursued the dream of creating a Jewish state.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
“When I had the opportunity to stand up for Eretz Israel I did, at the top of my lungs,” Mr. Weiner said.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2013
The affairs of the workers of Eretz Israel should be in the hands of the workers of Eretz Israel, 1935.
From Salon • May 17, 2012
On the campaign trail, Begin pressed home his vision of Eretz Israel, the "land of Israel" with its extended biblical boundaries, as a necessary bastion of strength in a hostile world.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many were moved by an idealistic conviction that they were settling in Eretz Israel, the biblical land of the prophets.
From Time Magazine Archive
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