Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hebrew poet Bialik greeted the news of the first burglary in the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv years ago by thanking God for letting "us live to see this day and hour." Bialik was reflecting the universal Jewish desire to live like other people, to have their own nation, even if it meant having their own criminals...
...wanted to be a scholar." Last week, at a testimonial dinner in Philadelphia's Warwick Hotel, Dr. Neuman, now 61, listened to words of high praise from his fellow scholars. For 40 years he has been pursuing his ideal, the last ten as president of Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning...
When Dr. Adler died in 1940, Neuman took over his office and began to expand the college, which now has 15 professors, 125 students. Dr. Neuman organized new departments of Jewish philosophy and Hebrew literature, the history of Semitic civilization, comparative religion, education and Assyriology. In 1948 he added modern Middle Eastern studies to the curriculum, and the State Department now sends some promising young diplomats to Dropsie for a one-year orientation course before packing them off to posts in the Middle East...
...venture is part of the Law School's new program of research into Comparative Law. It is specifically designed to aid the Israeli government in revamping the confused and unwieldy legal system now in practise. The present code is a potpourri combining Turkish, English, Hebrew, and Arabis judicial procedure...
When Marty Drake and Mary Forrest sing, however, the program takes a break from comedy. These talented and versatile artists present Hebrew melodies with great passion and tenderness. Miss Forrest gives a particularly delicate touch to the Mikvah song, in which a young bride dreams of the blissful married life before...