ethnic_group amnon yitzhak
Syria , officially known as the Syrian ___MASK50___ Republic (""), is a country in Western ___MASK77___ , bordering ___MASK10___ and the Mediterranean Sea to the west , Turkey to the north , Iraq to the east , Jordan to the south , and Israel to the southwest . Syria ' s capital and largest city is Damascus . Jordan ('), officially The ___MASK61___ Kingdom of Jordan ('), is an ___MASK50___ kingdom in Western ___MASK77___ , on the East Bank of the Jordan River . Jordan is bordered by ___MASK39___ to the east and south , Iraq to the north - east , Syria to the north , Israel , Palestine and the Dead Sea to the west and the Red Sea in its extreme south - west . Jordan is strategically located at the crossroads of ___MASK77___ , Africa and Europe . The capital , Amman , is Jordan ' s most populous city as well as the country ' s economic , political and cultural centre . Amnon Yitzhak ( Hebrew :               ; born 8 November 1953 ) , is a Haredi Israeli rabbi . He is best known for his involvement in Orthodox ___MASK4___ outreach ( Kiruv ) . He is involved in activities which are centered on helping Jews to become more religious or observant . In public speaking in Israel and around the world and his ' Shofar ' organization distributes his lectures in various media and on the internet . Jerusalem , is a city located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea . One of the oldest cities in the world , Jerusalem was named as "" Urusalima "" on ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets , probably meaning " City of Shalem " after a Canaanite deity , during the early Canaanite period ( approximately 2400 BCE ). During the Israelite period , significant construction activity in Jerusalem began in the 9th century BCE ( Iron Age II ), and in the 8th century the city developed into the religious and administrative center of the Kingdom of Judah . It is considered a holy city in the three major Abrahamic religions of ___MASK4___ , Christianity and Islam . ___MASK4___ ( from , derived from Greek , originally from Hebrew , " Yehudah ", " Judah "; in Hebrew : , " Yahadut ", the distinctive characteristics of the Judean ethnos ) encompasses the religion , philosophy , culture and way of life of the ___MASK95___ . ___MASK4___ is an ancient monotheistic religion , with the Torah as its foundational text ( part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible ), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud . ___MASK4___ is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship that God established with the Children of Israel . With between 14 . 5 and 17 . 4 million adherents worldwide , ___MASK4___ is the tenth - largest religion in the world . ___MASK10___ , officially known as the Lebanese Republic , is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south , while Cyprus is west across the Mediterranean Sea . ___MASK10___ ' s location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland facilitated its rich history and shaped a cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity . At just 10 , 452 km ( 4 , 036 sq . mi .), it is the smallest recognized country on the entire mainland Asian continent . Egypt (; ', , " Kimi "), officially the ___MASK50___ Republic of Egypt , is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of ___MASK77___ by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula . Egypt is a Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast , the Gulf of Aqaba to the east , the Red Sea to the east and south , Sudan to the south , and Libya to the west . Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies Jordan , and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies ___MASK39___ , although Jordan and ___MASK39___ do not share a land border with Egypt . It is the world ' s only contiguous Afrasian nation . The Mediterranean Sea ( pronounced ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean , surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land : on the north by Southern ___MASK87___ and Anatolia , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The sea is sometimes considered a part of the Atlantic Ocean , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . The West Bank ("" " HaGadah HaMa ' aravit ") is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western ___MASK77___ , forming the bulk of the Palestinian territories . The West Bank shares boundaries ( demarcated by the Jordanian - Israeli armistice of 1949 ) to the west , north , and south with Israel , and to the east , across the Jordan River , with Jordan . The West Bank also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore . In ___MASK4___ , a rabbi is a teacher of Torah . This title derives from the Hebrew word ' , meaning " My Master " ( irregular plural ' ), which is the way a student would address a master of Torah . The word " master " "" literally means " great one ". Israel , officially known as the State of Israel , is a country in the ___MASK59___ , on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea . It has land borders with ___MASK10___ to the north , Syria to the northeast , Jordan on the east , the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west , respectively , and Egypt to the southwest . The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area . Israel ' s financial and technology center is Tel Aviv , while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem , although the state ' s sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized . The Red Sea ( also the Erythraean Sea ) is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean , lying between Africa and ___MASK77___ . The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden . To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula , the Gulf of Aqaba , and the Gulf of Suez ( leading to the Suez Canal ). The Red Sea is a Global 200 ecoregion . The sea is underlain by the Red Sea Rift which is part of the Great Rift Valley . The ___MASK59___ is a transcontinental region centered on Western ___MASK77___ and Egypt . The corresponding adjective is " Middle - Eastern " and the derived noun is " Middle - Easterner ". The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East ( as opposed to Far East ) beginning in the early 20th century .