tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post569247082658798373..comments2024-03-18T21:09:03.146+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: An Important Reason to Study Arabic Here in IsraelBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-62105358687037090542015-06-01T20:50:12.327+03:002015-06-01T20:50:12.327+03:00better than than were, Ora, but still worse than a...better than than were, Ora, but still worse than awfulBatyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-19842341085284878452015-06-01T20:14:08.531+03:002015-06-01T20:14:08.531+03:00so how are your arabic skills, batya?so how are your arabic skills, batya?oranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-51449680400488893302015-06-01T19:41:11.860+03:002015-06-01T19:41:11.860+03:00van, sorry to disagree, but in This World we need ...van, sorry to disagree, but in This World we need to use the tools Gd gave us including languages. I work with Arabs, and anyone with ambition makes sure that the kids know Hebrew well. It is a requirement in Israel.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-90552211050945610682015-06-01T06:52:40.361+03:002015-06-01T06:52:40.361+03:00I think that learning Torah - INSTEAD of learning ...I think that learning Torah - INSTEAD of learning Arabic - would be much more appropriate and rewarding. We don't need to spy on the Arabs because God will divulge for us in different ways the plots against us. <br /><br />By the way, do Arabs require their children to learn Hebrew; Do we require it of them at their schools?<br /><br />This is quite nonsensical and we ought to rely on God. Period!in the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-66847015306240374772015-05-29T18:49:32.455+03:002015-05-29T18:49:32.455+03:00Maoz good example.
a Hebrew remains main language ...Maoz good example.<br />a Hebrew remains main language but knowing many languages has always been a Jewish trait.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-70992994877088988332015-05-29T15:26:21.766+03:002015-05-29T15:26:21.766+03:00Most Jews should learn first to speak Hebrew.
G-d...Most Jews should learn first to speak Hebrew.<br /><br />G-d gave the Jews the Holyland and chose Hebrew as the holy language. You want same Jews to tell G-d he made a mistake and they're going out of their way to correct same mistake by learning Arabic? <br /><br />What's important? For Jews to hear and now understand in Arabic From the river to the sea palestine will be free? or that Kotel doesn't belong to the Jews? No thanks<br /><br />In Israel as well as the US there can only be one official language whether by custom or law. In truth, to succeed in the US, you must be fluent in English and to succeed in Israel you must be fluent in Hebrew.<br /><br />Why should Israel not have Hebrew as its official language? The fact that out of courtesy israel also uses Arabic does not mean that Israeli Arabs should not learn Hebrew, because by not doing so they do not integrate into the country that feeds and harbors them. In every country there is an official language and it is the duty of those coming to live there to learn the language? Do Arab countries use Hebrew, or any other language of their minorities in official documents? It is only logical that because of reasons of national unity and cohesion Israeli people speak the language of he country, Hebrew. In many countries there are lots of immigrants and not because of that that country accepts that its official language be changed to, say, Croatian of Korean: it is those immigrants duty to learn the host country's language. Abiding to this new false demand from "liberals" is nothing but taking another step towards Israel disappearance: no language, no country. If Arabs do not like Hebrew, let them go to countries where they can use their language..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-42254801016510192972015-05-29T12:23:33.016+03:002015-05-29T12:23:33.016+03:00Excellent suggestion, Batya; and important caveat,...Excellent suggestion, Batya; and important caveat,Yonathan.<br />We should all take a cue from uncle Mordechai. (The would-be assassins discussed their plot within his range of hearing because they had no idea this Ish Yehudi/Ish Yemini understood their language. So he was able to convey a warning to Ahashverosh; thanks to which, later on etc. etc. etc.)MAOZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-25205376477927851522015-05-29T10:44:56.972+03:002015-05-29T10:44:56.972+03:00YG many of the North Aftican Arabic speaking Jews ...YG many of the North Aftican Arabic speaking Jews can be trained to teach Arabic.<br />YM aren't there christian arabs among the PLO elite?Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-87357109637509618552015-05-29T10:36:18.138+03:002015-05-29T10:36:18.138+03:00I think that statiscally Muslims are engaged in te...I think that statiscally Muslims are engaged in terror more than Arabs.YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-25868050240644483412015-05-29T10:17:05.454+03:002015-05-29T10:17:05.454+03:00You are right. It is very important to know what g...You are right. It is very important to know what goes on around you, and to understand what the Arabs say in the media for local consumption; maybe this will cure us from peace delusions marketed by the Israeli left.<br /><br />Also, Arabic being the lingua franca of much of the middle east, it is an important means of effectively communicating with regional elements who accept us and want to live in peace with us, especially the non-Arab minorities. <br /><br />However, learning Arabic does not mean appointing radical Arab teachers, who peddle palestinian propaganda in the classroom. There are still enough old Jewish Iraqi immigrants who speak excellent Arabic who could help to teach a new generation of Jewish Arabic teachers.Yonathan Gormezanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041555276987889503noreply@blogger.com