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or Zion instead of Israel? In fact,
there was quite a debate about
what the country would be called
when it was founded in 1948.
29. In addition to being the
name of the state, the word "Israel"
means any Jew who is not a Kohen
or a Levi.
19. Israel's capital, Jerusalem,
means "city of peace."
30. The administrative headquar-
ters of Israel's first government were
in Sarona, a suburb of Tel Aviv.
20. Not far from the Gulf of
Aqaba is a strange site called Kok-
: tesh Ramon, which is a large crater
scientists believe was created by a
giant meteor that fell long before
biblical times.
21. Jewish students in Israel do
not go to school on Shabbat.
Israeli-Arab students have off Friday
(if they're Muslim) or Sunday (if
they're Christian).
22. You no doubt know of Mt.
Sinai and Mt. Carmel, but Israel's
tallest mountain is one you may not
even have heard of: Mt. Meron in
the Galilee.
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23. Israel is some 6,000 miles
from New York City and 9,000
from Los Angeles.
24. Israel is about the same size
as the state of Massachusetts.
25. In Jerusalem you can visit a
place called the Biblical Zoo,
which is home to every animal men-
: tinned in the Torah.
26. The man responsible for mak-
ing Hebrew the spoken language
of Israel was Eliezer Ben-Yehudah,
who led his first official meeting on
the matter in 1890.
31. In Israel's first national elec-
tion, 444,000 persons, or about
87 percent of the country, came out
to vote — this despite the fact that
sporadic fighting continued follow-
ing the War of Independence.
32. Israel was one of the first
countries to denounce white
racism in Africa. In fact, as long
ago as 1963, former Prime Minis-
ter Golda Meir said, "For Israel,
Africa is a symbol of the longing
for equality and the fight against
discrimination and injustice, which
feature so prominently in Israel's
history ... Israel takes an active
part in every project designed to
help in the full restoration of
human and national dignity of the
peoples of Africa ... and will con-
tinue to do so."
33. Was Theodor Herzl a psy-
chic? After the first Zionist Congress
met in 1897 in Basle, he said: "In
Basle I established a Jewish state. If
I were to say that aloud today uni-
versal laughter would be the
response. Maybe in five years, cer-
tainly in 50, everybody will recog-
nize it." Exactly 51 years later,
Israel was a state.
34. In the first 10 years of Israel's
27. In pre-state Israel in 1933,
existence, more than 1 million immi-
Jews established a Palestinian
grants arrived.
Sports Federation, followed soon
after by a Palestine Olympic Com-
35. A tradition among Israeli par-
mittee. This group was invited to
ents is to plant a tree in honor of a
the 1936 Olympics, but declined - newborn. When the child grows up
and marries, the branches are used
to participate. Israel's first Olympic
to make poles to hold up the chup-
team attended the games in
1952.
pah.
28. Two nuclear reactors operate
in Israel, one at Nachal Sorek and
one in Dimona.
36. If you've ever lived in Israel,
probably you've attended an ulpan
to learn Hebrew. It may seem like a