Humanitarian, philanthropist, & campaigner for Jewish emancipation on a grand scale, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was the preeminent Jewish figure of the nineteenth century
- & one of the first truly global celebrities. This title presents his portrait.
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Moses is at the foundation of monotheism, & so of Western culture. Here the factual & fictional events & characters in religious beliefs are studied. It traces monotheism back to the Egyptian king Akhenaten & shows how Moses's followers established truth by denouncing all others as false. ...

Burt Lancaster stars as the Old Testament prophet in this 1975 mini-series. Baby Moses is taken in & raised by an Egyptian princess when an edict is passed calling for the death of all first-born Hebrew babies. When his surrogate mother dies, Moses returns to his impoverished people, marrying Zipporah, Chief of the Midianites. While in the desert, Moses hears the voice of God instructing him to lead his people into the Promised Land of Israel. ...

When Julia flies in to war-scarred Sierra Leone from London, she is apprehensive about seeing her uncle Moses for the first time in twenty years. But nothing could have prepared her for her encounter with her eight-year-old cousin, Citizen, a former child soldier, & for the shocking truth of what he has done. ...

The metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a device used to amplify or switch electronic signals. It is by far the most common field-effect transistor in both digital & analog circuits. The MOSFET is composed of a channel of n-type or p-type semiconductor material. ...

Features the projects of an architect including his seminal Habitat project for the Canadian Expo '67, the National Gallery of Canada, Hebrew Union College & the restoration of the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem; the Skirball Museum & Cultural Center in Los Angeles; & housing in the USA & Southeast Asia. ...