Palestine's "Holy Language"
In a recent controversy on the programmes of the Palestine Broadcasting Service, it was revealed that "not very much attention" was paid to the weekly symphony concert while it was in the "English Hour," but when it was transferred to the " Hebrew Hour" it became the most popular of all transmissions. "The obvious inference is that Jews like symphonic music and English people don’t," says Cc. B. McNair, the Programme Director. Another curious revelation made by Mr. McNair is that Rabbis have written him complaining of the broadcasting of the Hebrew language during the Sabbath. Hebrew is regarded by orthodox Jews as the "Holy Language," and until quite recently could be spoken only with covered head, as in a synagogue. Before Zionism made it an everyday language, to broadcast Hebrew at all would, no doubt, have horrified the orthodox.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 14, 29 September 1939, Page 55
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142Palestine's "Holy Language" New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 14, 29 September 1939, Page 55
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