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...personal inclinations. “Sometimes it’s a case where somebody else comes to you and says, ‘Who are you?’—and you don’t know how to answer,” explains Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages Peter B. Machinist. “In other cases it’s a strong family sense, particularly if your family originated from another country and speaks another language...
...based interest in a certain department precludes meaningful study of that field. “For the majority of heritage students, is the concentration really so close to their background?” she says. “For example, there are very few Jewish families in America speaking Hebrew and Yiddish at home today—so I don’t think that Jewish students focusing on Jewish Studies are repeating things that they learned at home...
Students who stepped out of the drizzle yesterday and into the tent on the Science Center lawn yesterday were welcomed with music, Hebrew name bracelets, and free falafel. iFest, the annual celebration of Israeli culture, drew about 500 people, said event organizer Dana A. Stern ’09. “It’s a chance to bring the beauty of Israel’s society and Israel’s history to the greater student body,” said Stern, president of Harvard Students for Israel (HSI). Tables were set up around the edge...
...ConAgra Foods, a Fortune 500 company that sells packaged food brands such as Chef Boyardee and Slim Jim. R. Dean Hollis, who runs the Consumer Foods Division at ConAgra, spoke to the group about problem-solving. He presented a case study on how ConAgra, facing stagnant sales with its Hebrew National kosher beef hot dogs, began marketing the product to non-Jews by saying that they were healthier than regular hot dogs. Sales for Hebrew National went up 8 percent for fiscal year 2007.“The true test of a company is not whether it has problems...
...control our own borders," said el-Helou. "But we do not, so the full responsibility is on the Israeli side." And business leaders point to a paradox of the embargo; it is destroying the only class of Palestinians who looked favorably on Israel. Most of those in commerce speak Hebrew and have--or used to have--Israeli clients, partners and friends. They had once looked forward to the day when there would be no trade barriers between an independent Palestine and an Israel with which it was at peace. "The majority of Gazans do not like Israel," said Amassi Ghazi...