Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...could point out that in the U.S., more and more Reform families actively celebrate religious holidays such as Sukkot (Feast of the Tabernacles) and recite the traditional Kiddush (sanctification of the wine) on Friday night. Says Hirsch: "Even the Orthodox in America don't call us goyim [Hebrew for gentiles] any more." It may take a while for their Israeli counterparts to change their minds...
...They reach glory, enjoy fame, grow old, lose their skills, retire to sell insurance and finally die as the dice decree. Waugh records the statistics. He is God's scorekeeper, or perhaps God himself-the name J. Henry Waugh can be read as a play on the sacred Hebrew name for the Deity: Yahweh or Jahveh. He even invents standard folk poetry in praise of his veteran players...
...stands for "upward" in Hebrew and is an apt description of the 20-year-old Israeli airline that carries the name. The company has increased its sales elevenfold and managed to earn a profit for the past ten years-without outright government subsidies. From a pitiful $5,750,000 revenue in its first full year of operation, El Al moved up to $12 million by 1957, when it introduced transatlantic flights with turboprop Britannias, and then nearly tripled revenues in 1961 with jets. Despite the Six-Day War, the airline grossed over $63 million and made a record profit...
...GUEST FOR THE NIGHT by S. Y. Agnon, translated from the Hebrew by Misha Louvish. 485 pages. Schocken Books...
...starts with the Arab policeman to whom we ask directions in the border town of Kalkilya. He helps us on our way in fluent Hebrew. Later I find out that Arab policemen have had brief but tough coursse in Hebrew...