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Q: With the city of Hebron so
much in the news, I learned that
the Arabic name of the place is Al-
Khalil, which is translated as "the
friend." What is the origin of the
Arabic name?
A: The Arabic name is a
Muslim designation and, like
much in Islam, its origin is in
Judaism.
After the Jews were forced
out of the Land of Israel, var-
ious other powers took over. In
the early Middle Ages the
rulers were the Byzantines. In
638 the Muslim Arabs con-
quered the land from the
Byzantines and changed the
Hebrew Hebron to Khalil al-
Rakhman ("The beloved [Abra-
ham] of [God] the Merciful"),
or simply, as you have read, Al-
Khalil.
As recorded in the Torah,
the patriarch Avraham resided
in Hebron and also purchased
there the Cave of Machpelah
as a tomb for his wife, Sarah.
Later, Avraham himself, as
well as his son, Yitzhak (and
his wife, Rivka), and grandson,
Yaacov (and his wife, Leah),
were buried there.
The Muslims venerated
Avraham (known in Arabic as
Ibrahim), whom they regard-
ed as the founder of the Islamic
religion as well as the progen-
itor — through his son Ishmael
(or Ismail, in Arabic) — of the
Arab nation.
The Arabic reference to
Avraham as "the beloved" is
derived from the Jewish
prophet Yeshaya (regarded by
the Muslims as an Islamic
prophet and known in Arabic
as Sha'ya). In Isaiah 41:8, the
patriarch is described by God
as "Avraham ohavi" —"Abra-
ham my friend" or "my
beloved."
Q: I seem to remember that Si-
mon and Garfunkel, when they
were still nobodies, had their big
break on "American Bandstand."
Is that true?
A: It is indeed true, though
you could sit through thou-
sands of hours of the early
shows and never come across
their names. That's because
the duo originally performed
as Tom and Jerry.
understand was instrumental in
the development of a cholera vac-
cine. What can you tell me about
him, Tell Me Why?
A: Waldemar Mordechai
Haffkine was indeed an inter-
esting figure, as well as being
the first to develop an effective
o
vaccine against cholera.
He was born in Odessa in
1860. As a young man, he
was offered an excellent teach-
ing position in a Russian in-
stitute — providing he
converted to Christianity and
joined the Russian Orthodox
Church. He refused. Instead,
Haffkine found work as a li-
brarian, and later assistant di-
rector, of the Pasteur Institute
in Paris.
Meanwhile, Haffkine began
work on a vaccine for cholera,
which he tested in India. The
results were impressive, and
physicians came from through-
out Europe and from as far as
China to learn his methods. In
1897, he was honored for his (1)-4
work with the Companion of
the Order of the Indian Em-
pire, presented by Queen Vic-
toria.
Then something strange
happened. A handful (of liter-
ally tens of thousands) of the
Indian citizens whom Haffkine
had inoculated became ill with
tetanus and died — supposed-
ly the result of contamination.
Everyone went on the attack,
and Haffkine was not ab-
solved until 1907, when the
London Times issued a
lengthy report on his behalf.
Toward the end of his life,
Haffkine lived in Paris
where he was an active
Zionist. He died in 1930.
Among his posthu-
mous honors was a
stamp, bearing his
name and face, is-
sued in 1964 in
India.
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Art Garfunkel: Was he Tom or Jerry?
Tom and Jerry/Simon and
Garfunkel made their TV
debut on "American Band-
stand" in November 1957 —
coincidentally, the first year
the show began airing
on national television
— performing their
new song, "Hey,
Schoolgirl." Well, actu-
ally they didn't really
perform; they lip-
synched.
You might be inter-
ested to know that nu-
merous other Jewish
stars also made their
first television appear-
ance on "American
Bandstand." They in-
clude Jim Croce, Neil
Sedaka, Neil Diamond, The
Mamas & The Papas (whose
singer, Cass Elliot, was Jew-
ish) and Mr. Suave himself,
Barry Manilow.
0:1 know that Jews have been
pioneers in the development of
many medical treatments, but only
recently did I come across the
name Waldemar Haffkine, who I
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