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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Beit shalom
The Shalom dynasty, (בית שלום in Hebrew) or Mishpahath HaShalomi as they were known as until the destruction of the second temple in Jerusalem around AD 70, became a symbol of Jewish longing for a return to the Land of Israel during their 2000 year exile in Mesopotamia, later Iraq.
During WWII clan leader Ovadia-Nimrod Shalom sent 5 representatives of the family to China and Japan to provide spiritual guidance to several thousand European Jews who had fled there to escape Nazi persecution in Poland.
Prominent family members include Silvan Shalom, the foreign minister of the State of Israel, whose grandparents emigrated to Tunisia from Iraq, and Television news anchor Haim Yavin married into the family, as did Scottish singer Annie Lennox, and chemist Clive Pearce.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Beit_shalom   (398 words)

  
 Jerusalem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is possible to understand the name (Hebrew Yerushalayim) as either "Heritage of Salem" or "Heritage of Peace" – a contraction of "heritage" (yerusha) and either Salem (Shalem literally "whole" or "in harmony") or shalom ("peace").
Today, neighboring towns are Bethlehem and Beit Jala at the southern city border, and Abu Dis to the East.
Jerusalem is situated at a relatively high altitude and experiences cold, wet winters.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerusalem   (4494 words)

  
 subject: books by and about Rabbi Soloveitchik
Shalom Rosenberg, "Al Mishnato haPhilosophit shel haRid Y.D. Soloveitchik",
Shalom Carmy, "Of Eagle's Flight and Snail's Pace",Tradition Vol.
Shalom Carmy, "Of Eagle's Flight and Snail's Pace" 137-148.
www.math.tau.ac.il /~turkel/engsol.html   (4706 words)

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