Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gurion was impressed but occasionally baffled. Inside one of the intricate bunkers along the Bar-Lev line, he demanded: "What kind of Hebrew word is 'bunker'?" An escort explained: "We use 'bunker' because we have not yet got around to Hebraizing defense terminology. On offense we have no foreign words." The old lion stopped before a group of soldiers and fixed his eyes on one. "You're younger than I," said Ben-Gurion. "Perhaps you can tell me when there will be peace." "I?" responded the soldier. "Who knows? It depends on the Arabs." Replied...
...understand Hebrew, and even those who do still seem to have more problems than other new arrivals arrivals-even those from East European countries, most of whom spent at least part of their lives under non-Communist governments. "They use their elbows," said the head of one of Israel's 25 immigrant centers, referring to the East Europeans. Not the Soviet Jews. Most are so accustomed to life under totalitarianism that they speak in whispers, distrust all government functionaries and shy away from decisions. One Leningrad doctor, hired by a health insurance company, was aghast when his new boss...
...lacks the privileges that other Soviet ethnic groups enjoy. Other nationalities, such as the Ukrainians and Armenians, have their own provinces where they can speak their language and exercise a degree of cultural autonomy. The Jew is forbidden his own schools, and he cannot learn Hebrew or Yiddish in the public schools; they simply are not taught. Since the 1940s, the Hebrew and Yiddish theater has been almost completely closed down. The only Yiddish periodical that is allowed to be published is a monthly journal edited by a party hack. The so-called Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan, which Stalin...
Jews type Hebrew songs, poems and folklore and pass them on to friends. One of the most popular sources is Leon Uris' Exodus, which is read not for its love story or heroics but rather for its passages on Jewish history. As a sign of solidarity, youngsters began showing up outside synagogues during Hebrew holy days to sing and do Jewish folk dances. Ominously, KGB (secret police) agents also showed up, taking pictures and trailing some of the participants to their homes...
From these fragile bones, a Rumanian-born anatomist and anthropologist at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, Nicu Haas, was able to put together a surprisingly detailed picture of the young man: in his mid-20s at the time of his death, he was of average height for the period (5 ft. 5 in.), had delicate, pleasing features that seemed to approach the Hellenistic ideal, probably wore a beard, and apparently had never performed any really arduous labor-indicating his possible upper-class origins. Except for the injuries inflicted during his crucifixion, he seemed to have been in exceptionally fine health...