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  Jaffa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the Crusades, it was the County of Jaffa, a stronghold of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Jaffa was captured during the Crusades, and became the County of Jaffa and Ascalon, one of the vassals of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook was chief rabbi of Jaffa from 1904-1921.
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 Jaffa (Stargate) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main function of the Jaffa is to serve their gods, the Goa'uld, as warriors and incubators for Goa'uld larvae.
Jaffa are genetically engineered by the Goa'uld for their immune system to fail when they reach puberty (which they call the age of prata), so they will die if they do not receive a symbiote.
Teal'c (portrayed by Christopher Judge), a Jaffa who chooses to join the SG-1 team and fight for freedom, starts out as a lone traitor, but gradually and with the aid of his former Jaffa mentor, Bra'tac, Teal'c is able to rally an increasing number of other Jaffa to his cause of freedom.
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 JewishEncyclopedia.com - JAFFA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1841 the chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Abraham Ḥayyim Gagin, assigned to Jaffa Judah Halevy as rabbi.
Thenceforth the old "ḥerem" of the Jerusalem rabbis against the settlement of Jews in Jaffa, the object of which was to attract all immigrants to Jerusalem, ceased to be binding.
Jaffa, in a total population of 17,713 inhabitants, including 11,630 Moslems and 3,113 Christians, besides Armenians, Greeks, Latins, Maronites, and Copts, possesses 2,970 Jews, of whom 1,210 are Sephardim and 1,760 Ashkenazim.
www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=135&letter=J&search=jaffa   (599 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jaffa
In the reign of Cyrus Jaffa again served as a landing-port for the materials destined for the reconstruction of the Temple (Ezra 3:7).
Captured by the crusaders, it became, under Godfrey of Bouillon, the County of Jaffa and Ascalon, feudatory to the King of Jerusalem.
Jaffa is connected by railroad with Jerusalem; its harbour, which is difficult of access, received 1789 steam or sailing vessels in 1907, and transacted business to the extent of 28 million francs ($5,600,000) — 17,000,000 imports and 11,000,000 exports.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08268a.htm   (913 words)

  
 Archaeology in Jaffa
Jaffa was an established city from the 18th century BCE onwards, and was inhabited by Canaanites, who lived on the tel.
Jaffa was destroyed by Napoleon who ravaged the inhabitants of Jaffa in his disastrous campaign of Israel in 1799.
One of the Jaffa rulers rebuilt the city wall, its fountains and its gates, which led to the main roads to Jerusalem and Nablus, and the al-Mahmudiyya Mosque.
www.jewishmag.com /43mag/jaffa/jaffa.htm   (1516 words)

  
 Jaffa on Equality, Democracy, Morality
Jaffa states his argument for equality perhaps most fully here: "'That all men are created equal' arises from our experience of a class of beings called 'men.' We abstract from the experience of a number of individual human beings the common noun 'man'....
Jaffa himself recognizes almost the identical point: "A community of Christians (or of a particular denomination of Christians) may ask themselves whether, in compelling non-Christians (or Christians of another denomination) to join their church, they are violating the golden rule not to do unto others what they would not have others do to them.
Jaffa might raise a parallel contention against unanimous surrender to a Hobbesian sovereign: "The three powers of government are then symbolically present in the Declaration of Independence as aspects of that God in the Declaration who results from Creation, and who is the pattern and support for government in agreement with the rights of man....
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 Races - Jaffa
At the time of implantation (typically around 10 years of age), the Jaffa who are "honored" enough and possess a sufficient community status are granted the ceremony of the prim'tah, when the Goa'uld symbiote is implanted within a young warrior, granting him great strength and long life.
Because of their genetic manipulation by the Goa'uld, Jaffa are forced to receive a symbiote upon reaching the Age of Prata (puberty), or die from a failing immune system.
In recent years, since the Jaffa Teal'c betrayed his master Apophis and became shol'vah, many Jaffa have begun to question their beliefs that the Goa'uld are gods.
www.gateworld.net /omnipedia/races/j/jaffa.shtml   (734 words)

  
 Jaffa City Home Page
Jaffa is military occupied by Israel since 1948, and is part of the unified city Tel Aviv-Yafo since 1950.
B.C.) and was destroyed by Vespasian in A.D. The rebuilt city of Jaffa was conquered by the Arab Moslem Amrou Bin Ala's in 636.
Jaffa, a city of crumbling sandstone that arises from the waves on rocks and shifting dunes, a city continually being destroyed and rebuilt, is my home town.
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 Jaffa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Originally a Phoenician city, Jaffa has been historically important largely because of its port (which was closed in 1965, when the port of Ashdod was completed).
A.D. The rebuilt city of Jaffa was conquered by the Arabs in 636.
In 1947 and 1948 there was sharp fighting between Jaffa, which was largely inhabited by Arabs, and the adjoining Jewish city of Tel Aviv.
www.bartleby.com /65/ja/Jaffa.html   (301 words)

  
 Jaffa Affairs 3 and Weather Report
A native of Jaffa and a lecturer at Bir Zeit University, he was a member of the committee on refugees in the multilateral talks.
Over 63 percent of Jaffa's Jews and about 87 percent of its Muslims are in the weakest socio-economic decile of the population; 4 percent of the Jews and less than 1 percent of the Muslims are in the top 5 percent of the scale.
The Arabs of Jaffa are choked off on one side by Bat Yam, where there is no infrastructure for Arab life and from where the hatred emerged in the recent disturbances.
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 The Daily Princetonian - Political scholar Jaffa defends moral foundation of government
Jaffa, who is also a senior fellow at the conservative Claremont Institute, spoke to a capacity crowd in the auditorium of the Computer Science Building.
Jaffa defined natural law as an "understanding of what is important to all human beings as human beings, which is in principle accessible to all." He said cultural relativism and postmodernism were wrong "to deny the possibility of intelligent exchange between times and places."
Jaffa is the latest in a line of prominent conservative speakers sponsored by the America's Founding and Future lecture series.
www.dailyprincetonian.com /archives/2003/09/30/news/8663.shtml   (701 words)

  
 Jaffa: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jaffas (candy)[Click link for more facts about this topic] is a trademark for a specific orange-flavored candy with a soft chocolate center.
A jaffa orange is a very sweet, almost seedless orange exported from israel....
Jaffa cake is a popular type of cake, sold under a number of different brands, the market leader being mcvities (united biscuits)....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/jaffa.htm   (718 words)

  
 Welcome To Jaffa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jaffa and Haifa ports were considered to be the major ports in Palestine, and both were publicly owned and operated by the Government of Palestine.
Jaffa was the most advanced city in Palestine in the development of its commercial, banking, fishing, and agriculture industries.
Jaffa had many factories specializing in cigarette making, cement making, tile and roof tile production, iron casting, cotton processing plants, traditional handmade carpets, leather products, wood box industry for Jaffa orange, textile, presses and publications.
www.palestineremembered.com /Jaffa/Jaffa   (2492 words)

  
 Jaffa - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Jaffa, Israel is a historic port city on the Mediterranean Sea.
Jaffas (candy) is a trademark for a specific orange-flavored candy with a soft chocolate center.
Jaffa is a tradename for oranges in Britain.
education.music.us /J/Jaffa.htm   (278 words)

  
 Category:Jaffa - StargateWiki
The Jaffa were originally human, taken from Earth millennia ago, and have been genetically altered to incubate a Goa'uld larva inside a pouch in the abdomen.
While a Jaffa carries a symbiote, he or she is given a longer life (estimated to be approximately 135 years), increased strength, and an enhanced ability to recover from illness and wounds.
Thus, Jaffa, both male and female, serve the Goa'uld by practicing the rituals of worship associated with recognizing the Goa'uld as a god.
www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com /wiki/index.php/Category:Jaffa   (201 words)

  
 Jaffa - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It was captured by Egypt in 1472 and made a provincial capital.
The city changed hands frequently in the fighting between the Maccabees and the Syrians (2d and 1st cent.
The rebuilt city of Jaffa was conquered by the Arabs in 636.
messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/encyclopedia/entry/Jaffa   (313 words)

  
 Old Jaffa Tel Aviv travel guide
Historians believe that Jaffa is the only port in the world which can boast uninterrupted inhabitation throughout its entire existence.
The port of Jaffa, (the sole port at the time) served as the point of entry for the increased Jewish immigration which came to resettle the land.
Jewish defensive actions led to the flight of most of the city's Arabs, and shortly after that part of the city was settled by impoverished Jewish families whom the war had left homeless.
www.inisrael.com /tour/telaviv/jaffa.html   (459 words)

  
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The charter outlined Jaffa's jurisdiction as follows: Counties of Blair, Potter, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Jefferson, Cambria, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Fulton and Bedford and to the jurisdictional lines between Syria Temple in Pittsburgh and Jaffa in counties of Somerset, Westmoreland and Indiana, and concurrent jurisdiction with Zem Zem of Erie in Elk County.
Jaffa's jurisdiction extends from the New York to Maryland line, east to Lewistown and west to Blairsville.
The new temple was dedicated on August 25, 1910 with the induction of 111 new novices and the formation of the Jaffa Improvement Association.
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 BBC - h2g2 - Jaffa Cakes - A185104
Traditional Jaffa Cakes comprise a round base of hard sponge, a jelly disc which is known as a 'smashing orangey bit', and a topping of chocolate.
A new 'Jaffa phenomenon' has recently appeared in the shape of Jaffa Cubes which are manufactured by Cadburys.
Jaffa Cake fans may be pleased to know that there are societies dedicated to the enjoyment of Jaffa Cakes, including 'Huggabuga Jaffacake Appreciation Society International' or HJASI for short, based at Edinburgh University.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A185104   (507 words)

  
 Jaffa Latest News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jaffa v2.1 is a not only a maintenance release, but also introduces many new features.
Jaffa Baseline is the fasted way to get started on your new Jaffa based project.
With the first set of Jaffa Components now released you can now tailor all aspects of Jaffa straight from your web application, deferring much of the up-front time and configuration of getting the application working.
jaffa.sourceforge.net   (345 words)

  
 Amazon.com: A New Birth of Freedom : Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War: Books: Harry Jaffa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jaffa's history has, I think, these two themes: 1.The Declaration of Independence's statement that "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal" did, indeed, apply for Jefferson and his contemporaries to all people, including the then African-American slaves.
Basically, Jaffa teaches that natural rights begin with the doctrine of the "state of nature." In this state, a person has the right to life and liberty, and to property in order to defend his right to life and liberty.
Jaffa's diptych (Crisis of House Divided, New Birth of Freedom) is the strongest argument yet made for Lincoln as leader.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0847699528?v=glance   (3583 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Crusades
He won over Malek-el-Khamil, the Sultan of Egypt, who was at war with the Prince of Damascus, and concluded a treaty with him at Jaffa, February, 1229, according to the terms of which Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Nazareth were restored to the Christians.
A struggle occurred between Richard Filangieri, the emperor's marshal, and the barons of Palestine, whose leader was Jean d'Ibelin, Lord of Beirut.
Later, in another voyage to the West, he made a supreme effort to interest the princes in the crusade, but on his return to Cyprus he was assassinated, as the result of a conspiracy.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/04543c.htm   (11618 words)

  
 Jaffa on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jaffa children get a helping hand from abroad
B'nai B'rith-Sha'ar Zion Hospital in Jaffa (1891-1921): the first Jewish community hospital in Palestine.
Harry V. Jaffa Crisis of the House Divided (1959).
www.encyclopedia.com /html/J/Jaffa.asp   (371 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: Jaffa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 Jaffa Runtime Architecture - Tools   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This document explains how to use the Load test module in JAFFA to perform scalability tests run against httpunit tests written for your application.
With just two xml files,which include the configuration and the build file, you can run your httpunit tests and the results are logged in a csv file.
The LoadTest module is part of the Jaffa tools and hence is packaged into jaffa-tools.jar.
jaffa.sourceforge.net /documentation/tools/testing   (421 words)

  
 Jaffa - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jaffa - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research
It was captured by Egypt in 1472 BC and made a provincial capital.
In World War I British troops took Jaffa, which became part of the British-administered Palestine mandate (1922-48).
www.highbeam.com /doc/1E1:Jaffa/Jaffa.html?refid=ip_hf   (296 words)

  
 Tel Aviv Travel and Tourism Guide Tel Aviv Hotels Israel - inisrael.com
By contrast, the ancient port city of JAFFA, is medieval in appearance.
Tel Aviv, the first Hebrew city in modern times, was founded in 1909 and was built on the sand dunes north of the ancient port city of Jaffa.
Its style was innovative, tailored to the needs of its residents, to their life styles and the climatic conditions of the region.
www.inisrael.com /tour/telaviv   (596 words)

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