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Amana (Hebrew: אמנה, 'Covenant') is an Israeli settlement movement formed by Gush Emunim in 1976. [1] [2] Its primary goal was "developing communities in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights, the Galilee, the Negev and Gush Katif." [3] The initial communities it developed were Ofra, Mevo Modi'in, Kedumim, and Ma'aleh Adumim. [3]
The Amana Colony stems from a religious movement started in 1714 in Germany by Eberhard L. Gruber and Johann F. Rock. They had both grown displeased with the dogmatism of the Lutheran Church and began to study the Pietist teachings of Philipp Spener. [12]
A meetinghouse of the Community of True Inspiration in the Amana Colonies. The Community of True Inspiration, also known as the True Inspiration Congregations, [1] Inspirationalists, and the Amana Church Society) is a Radical Pietist group of Christians descending from settlers of German, Swiss, and Austrian descent who settled in West Seneca, New York, after purchasing land from the Seneca ...
Egalitarian communities based on the French utopian movement founded by Cabet, after his followers emigrated to the US. Amana Colonies: Iowa Community of True Inspiration: 1850s 1932 The Amana villages were built one hour apart when traveling by ox cart. Each village had a church, a farm, multi-family residences, workshops and communal kitchens.
Gush Emunim (Hebrew: גּוּשׁ אֱמוּנִים , lit. "Bloc of the Faithful") is an Israeli ultranationalist [1] religious Zionist [2] Orthodox Jewish [3] right-wing fundamentalist activist [2] [4] movement committed to establishing Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights.
Regavim focuses most intensely on construction work in the Galilee, Negev, and the West Bank. [5] Regavim's objectives converge with those of Israeli settlers, with whom the group maintains close institutional ties. [6] Regavim is financed by public funds from West Bank local settlement councils and from the settler organization Amana.
He became involved in Israeli settlements, and served as secretary general of both the Amana settlement movement and the Yesha Council, as well as head of Beit El local council. He was also a member of the Jewish National Fund directorate. Ariel is married, with 6 children. [2]
Amanda Ngoc Nguyễn [5] (born October 10, 1991) [6] [7] is a social entrepreneur, civil rights activist, and the chief executive officer and founder of Rise, a non-governmental civil rights organization. [6] Nguyen drafted the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act, a bill that passed unanimously through the United States Congress.