Encyclopedia of Jews, Judaism, and Zionism, Simplified | Abdelwahab Elmessiri

This encyclopedia covers all aspects of the history of the Hebrews in the ancient world, the histories of Jewish communities across the countries of the world, their populations, distributions, main characteristics, organizational structures, and the relationships of individuals within Jewish communities with the societies and countries in which they reside, as well as with the Zionist state. It includes all social and political conditions and all life affairs that have accompanied them from the time of the Hebrews in the ancient world until the modern era ending with the State of Israel. It focuses on the conditions of these communities in the countries where they existed and studies the surrounding circumstances, making these different surrounding conditions a main basis for interpreting their actions, their particularity, and their morals more than relying on their beliefs. One of the most famous examples of this is trying to interpret Jewish crimes and disgraceful acts, as well as hostility and accusations directed at Jews by others in all times and places, in a way that often makes Jews appear not responsible for them. This perspective is objective and neutral in the opinion of its author and many of its most prominent supporters, while others see it as heavily biased in favor of Jews, especially critics, and contrary to reality and the descriptions of Jews in the Quran and the Bible. In fact, some critics have even described the encyclopedia as defending Jews.