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About The Academy Awards
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Q: How did Hadassah, the women's
Zionist organization, get its name?
A: In the late 1800s, women
Deutschland. Most people just
say America, yet this country is
formally known as the United
States of America.
Zionists throughout the United
Within a Hebrew-language
States organized themselves into
context, however, "Israel" by it-
study groups, many by the name
self might prove ambiguous. Yis-
Daughters of
rael
is the new name God gave
Zion. In 1909,
the patriarch Jacob (Genesis
Henrietta
32:29; 35:10). In talmudic usage,
Szold, leader
Yisrael means a Jewish male and
of the Harlem,
Jews collectively. Also, a Yisrael
N.Y., Daugh-
is a Jew who is neither a Kohen
ters of Zion
nor a Levite.
chapter,
Yisrael is used in combination
toured Pales-
with other words to designate the
tine. She re-
Jewish people: Adat Yisrael, Am
turned to
Yisrael, Beit Yisrael, Bnei Yisrael,
America in
Yisrael, Klal
Yisrael,
1910 and told
Yisrael, Knesset Yisrael.
her colleagues
In a historical context, Israel
of the hard-
as a territory is almost always
ships and dis-
termed Eretz Yisrael ("Land of Is-
ease afflicting
rael") because the dimensions of
the Zionist pi-
the land God promised the Jew-
oneers and
ish people (as delineated in the
members of
Torah) and the modern political
the yishuv, ,
state do not necessarily coincide.
Palestine's na- George Burns: Sunshine Boy.
Thus, Medinat Yisrael clearly
tive Jewish
car for The Goodbye Girl, in 1977. refers to the current political en-
community.
The oldest was George Burns. tity.
Szold and her friends resolved
to start an organization for the When he was 80, in 1975, Burns
Q: What is the meaning of El Al, as
welfare of Jewish Palestinians. won best supporting actor for his
in Israel's national airline?
In 1912, they formed a new chap- role in The Sunshine Boys.
A: In Hebrew, el at means "up-
ter of the Daughters of Zion,
Q: Why is it that everybody says ward" or "skyward." El is the
which they called Hadassah. The
name was inspired by the bibli- the "State" of Israel? No one says the preposition "to" and al is "height."
Al also can be recognized as
cal Book of Esther, which relat- "State of France" or the "State of
ed how in ancient Persia a Germany." Why not just say Israel? the word aliyah, meaning ascent,
A: Most people do just say immigration to Israel, being
Jewish girl named Hadassah be-
came Esther and
rescued her people
by foiling the geno-
cidal plans of the
evil Haman.
Szold secured
the support of the
philanthropist
Nathan Straus,
who helped the
Hadassah chapter
sponsor two visit-
ing nurses in
Palestine.
Szold made
such an impact on
the movement
that in 1914, at
the first national
convention of the
Daughters of Zion,
the seven attend-
ing chapters voted
to change the El Al: Skyward.
name of their or-
Israel in reference to the Jewish called to a reading of the Torah
ganization to Hadassah.
state. "State of Israel" is the Eng- or a pilgrimage to Israel.
Q: What fascinating facts can lish translation of Medinat Yis-
"Tell Me Why" provide us regarding rael, the country's formal name
in Hebrew. Every country has a Send questions to "Tell Me Why"
age, Jews and Academy Awards?
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for category, and the oldest win-
ner for best supporting actor, are
Jewish?
The youngest man ever to win
for best actor was Richard Drey-
fuss, who at 29 received the Os-