1. With the recent marking of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Eliezer Ben–Yehuda, we are reminded again of the wonderfully bizarre miracle of modern Hebrew, and the persistent determination it has taken to establish the language as one in which all aspects of contemporary life can take place.

2. "The new site is part of the effort to make it easier for applicants to use the International Tracing Service," ITS Director Reto Meister said. (Assaf Uni) The 34th session of UNESCO‘s General Assembly ended yesterday with a resolution to include Eliezer Ben–Yehuda and Rabbi Judah Loew (the Maharal of Prague, of golem fame) on its commemorative list of individuals who made unique contributions to culture and society.

3. Handing over the areas adjacent to the mountain to the Palestinians will prevent or disrupt the continued Jewish burial at the Mount of Olives, on whose land lie for eternity – next to the common folk – figures who are central to the history of the Jewish people: Rabbi Ovadia of Bertinoro, a commentator on the Mishnah; Rabbi Yehuda Hasid, who built the Hurva synagogue, which was destroyed by the Jordanians in 1'48, and whose cupola decorates the horizon of the Old City; Shai Agnon; Uri Zvi Grinberg; Menachem Begin, Eliezer Ben Yehuda, Rabbi Kook the elder and younger, Pinchas Rutenberg, Yoel Moshe Solomon, the Rivlins, and according to Jewish tradition, Haggai, Zachariah, Malachi and Absalom.