Word: jewish
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Jerusalem, shrine of three faiths, has been divided and harassed by military occupation ever since the Arab-Jewish war in Palestine ended over a year ago. Between the Arab-held Old City and the Israeli-held New City, lies a narrow no man's land cluttered with shell-torn ruins. Only the foolhardy would cross the narrow strip without special permission from both sides...
...spent working on a cooperative farm; then the group returns to its "families" for another week and concludes the second month with a tour of northern and southern Israel. Exceptionally good physical condition is a pre-requisite of this trip, and preference for membership will be given to non-Jewish students...
...Half-Century, I offer . . . Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism. Dr. Herzl's movement, launched in 1897, when he predicted the re-establishment brought of the Jewish state "50 years later," brought to fruition the greatest scheme in behalf of a persecuted people . . . Dr. Herzl was the half-century's counterpart of a Biblical prophet...
Isaac did not know what a "convalescent camp" was; to him it meant school. At twelve, he could neither read nor write, and school sounded wonderful. At Tunis airport, Isaac and 27 other children from Tunisian slums boarded a Dutch DC-3. Their destination: the convalescent camp for Jewish children at Holmestrand, in Norway...
Though the present student body is almost entirely Jewish, Sachar asks no questions about creed, welcomes students strictly on their merits. It is a university with a mission-"Not just another little school," says Sachar, "but a symbol of what the Jewish people want to contribute in the intellectual world...