Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is no word for immigration in Hebrew, and so "aliyah" meaning "the going up" is always used. This refers to the going up from Egypt to the Promised Land, described in Exodus. "Every one must first make the Exodus from Egypt to really appreciate Palestine" said Chaim Weismann, President of the World Zionist Organization...
...ordered green of a Jewish agricultural settlement. Contrast is your next door neighbor in Palestine: the winding and tortuous lanes that are the streets of Jericho and Beersheba; the broad landscaped boulevards of Tel Aviv; the picturesque and "perfumed" Arab Markets in the "Old City"; the Hospital and Hebrew University that overlook the New Jerusalem; an orange grove pushing back the desert; an Arab fellah hurrying his sheep to the side of the road to let a convey of British tanks...
...modernistic sketch of Jerusalem is so significant. No doubt the positions of the Star of David, the Cross and the Crescent were planned, or were they? From right to left, which is the way both Hebrew and Arabic read, they are chronologically correct. But what strikes me so forcibly, as a Christian, is that the Cross casts no shadow upon the City."" ... I believe both the Crescent and the Star of David will always cast a shadow on Palestine, no matter who was there first or who is there...
Died. Rabbi Isaac Landman, 65, Russian-born president-elect of the powerful Synagogue Council of America,* onetime editor of the American Hebrew, editor in chief of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, outspoken non-Zionist; of a heart attack; in Starlake...
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