'Palestinian Yiddish: A Look at Yiddish in the Land of Israel Before 1948,' opens this week, shows how the old language survived in the new Israel - sometimes hiding in plain sight
(New York Jewish Week) — Just before the end of the second millennium, Ezer Weizman, then president of Israel, visited the University of Cambridge to familiarize himself with the famous
THE PROMISED LAND
Where their Old Testament forefathers found milk and honey, today’s Jews find rock and rubble, a freedom they fought for, and a chance to build a new paradise in the wilderness June 1 1949 GEORGE W. HERALD
THE PROMISED LAND
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Where their Old Testament forefathers found milk and honey, today’s Jews find rock and rubble, a freedom they fought for, and a chance to build a new paradise in the wilderness
By GEORGE W. HERALD
TEL AVIV When old little Mr. Alperson, after years of restless wandering, stepped out of our plane at Lydda airport, he wanted to kneel down and kiss the holy soil of Israel. My wife had her camera ready for that solemn moment. But the moment never came.