[Sca-cooks] language of Isreal

[Avraham haRofeh of Sudentur]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:45:55 -0700, Mark.s.Harris at motorola.com wrote:
> Yehoshua ben Haym haYerushalmi commented:
> My hebrew speeking friends all say that its not couscous. Since they speak
> hebrew and I don't at least on that front I will go with what they say.
> <<<
> Okay, a question from an ignorant American.
> I thought Hebrew was the language of Isreal. If it isn't, what is? Or do
> you manage to get by with English (or another language) since there are a
> lot of people there that speak it? Or is there no single language with
> the Isreali Arabs speaking one language and others speaking several
> different languages depending upon what they know?

Hebrew is the official language of Israel, but almost every educated Israeli 
speaks English. Many American Jews who make aliyah (move to Israel) don't 
speak Hebrew when they arrive, and they function perfectly well.


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Avraham haRofeh
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