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ago. Archaeologists found both
drawings and bones of the wild
goat, with long horns that curl
1 backward. Thousands of years
later, when Jews came to settle
the new State of Israel, they intro-
' duced a very different kind of
goat, previously unknown in the
region: the European goat, which
I was brought specifically to serve
as a source for milk. (Today, how-
1 ever, some Israelis are less than
fond of the goats, which have
eaten up much of anything green
I throughout the country. Fortunate-
! ly, the Jewish National Fund has
spent much energy replacing
what the goats devoured.)
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26. The
:English
I "camel" is
actually a
1 derivative
of the
Hebrew
1 word (origi-
nally Ara-
Camel rides are popu-
i bic) gamal.
lar in Egypt.
1 The word
I might
sound familiar: it was the first
name of former Egyptian leader
I Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Rechov Sum-Sum, the Israeli version of
the popular PBS program? On
Rechov Sum-Sum, the main character
is Kippy, a friendly and happy porcu-
pine. And while Cookie Monster
does not reside on Rechov Sum-Sum,
his counterpart does exist, in the form
of Oogie,•from the Hebrew word
oogia, cookie.

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was among
the animals
I brought to the
I Land of Israel
by King
Solomon. Dur-
I ing biblical
times, mon- -
keys were
•sometimes
kept in private
King Solomon
homes in an
brought this orang:-
1 effort to keep
utan's relatives to
Israel.
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31. Here's a famous Arabic para-

ble: A scorpion and a camel were
walking along the banks of the Jor-
dan. The scorpion decided it want-
ed to cross the river, but knew it
would drown if it tried. So the
scorpion asked the camel to do
27. Tradition says that while all the
the honors. "What, me — carry
I animals were at first fearful in the Ark
you across the river? What are
I ("shaken up like lentils in a pot,"
you, out of your mind?" the camel
according to one commentator), at
laughed. "You'll bite me and I'll
long last they learned to tolerate the
drown!" The scorpion laughed.
bumpy journey upon rough waters.
"Why would I bite you?" he
I Even some of the more terrifying gea
responded. "If I did that, we
tures, the snakes and scorpions, were
would both drown." The camel
said to have become so subdued that
agreed this made sense, and so
I Noah was able to walk across them
I invited the scorpion onto his back.
and suffer no injury.
The two set out into the water.
Suddenly, the camel felt a terri-
28. The earliest known texts written on
ble, sharp pain in his back.
leather are the Dead Sea Scrolls.
"Ouch!" he cried. Incredulous, he
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turned to the scorpion. "You mean
129. Unless you've grown up on plan-
— you stung me after all? Why?"
! et Mars, you've heard of Oscar the
"Because this is the Middle East,
Grouch, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Big
you
idiot," the scorpion answered
Bird and the rest of the cast of
as he began drowning. 0
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