Jewish Museum and Synagogue

Hebrew: A Holy Language

Although the Bible itself says very little about it, Jewish and Christian traditions commonly regard Hebrew as the language of creation, the language of primitive humanity and, ultimately, the language of God. Is there any evidence to support such views? Scholars today understand Hebrew to be a North-West Semitic language closely related to Moabite and Phoenician. It entered the record of history late in the day. Nevertheless, the notion of Hebrew as a holy language cannot be completely rejected.

In this lecture, Jan Joosten, Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford, will argue that, although Hebrew did not start out as a holy tongue, over time it really did become one. Join us to learn the story of this fascinating development from one of the world's leading authorities on the Hebrew language and the Bible. Professor Juoosten's talk will be followed by a discussion with Gary Rendsburg, Blanche and Irving Laurie Professor of Jewish History at Rutgers University.

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition 500 Years of Treasures from Oxford. The exhibition gallery will be open for viewing before and after the program. For more information on the exhibition, please visit cjh.org/oxford.

Presented by: Center for Jewish History; Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford; University of Oxford North American Office; Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford; Yeshiva University Museum

Filmed August 3, 2017.

Opening of shul and jewish community center Beit Malkin in Smolensk, Russia

A short clip of the opening which took place on September 23 2012- 7 Tishrei 5773.

Schleswig-Holstein | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Schleswig-Holstein


00:00:40 1 History
00:02:08 1.1 Duchies in the Danish realm
00:03:40 1.2 Schleswig-Holstein Question
00:06:27 1.3 Province of Prussia
00:07:30 1.4 Plebiscite in 1920
00:09:20 1.5 State of Federal Germany
00:10:20 2 Geography
00:12:03 2.1 Administration
00:12:31 3 Demographics
00:13:08 3.1 Vital statistics
00:13:27 3.2 Religion
00:13:47 4 Culture
00:14:09 4.1 Symbols
00:14:14 4.2 Languages
00:14:56 5 Economy
00:15:56 6 Education
00:17:17 7 Politics
00:18:22 7.1 Current executive branch
00:18:54 7.2 Recent elections
00:19:55 7.3 List of Minister-Presidents of Schleswig-Holstein
00:20:16 8 See also
00:20:25 9 References
00:20:49 10 External links
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Schleswig-Holstein (German: [ˈʃleːsvɪç ˈhɔlʃtaɪn]) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is Kiel; other notable cities are Lübeck and Flensburg.
Also known in more dated English as Sleswick-Holsatia, the region is called Slesvig-Holsten in Danish. The Low German name is Sleswig-Holsteen, and the North Frisian name is Slaswik-Holstiinj. Historically, the name can also refer to a larger region, containing both present-day Schleswig-Holstein and the former South Jutland County (Northern Schleswig) in Denmark.