From: "George Athas" <george.athas AT moore.edu.au>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Jerusalem Never Existed!
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:26:41 +1000
No, this is not a 'minimalist' posting. I just had a right good chuckle when
I read this on the BBC News, and thought everyone else might like it too.
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Tourism officials in Israel did little to sell the city of Jerusalem as a
must-see for visitors when a brochure suggested it did not exist.
The sightseeing pamphlet was translated from Hebrew and should have read:
"Jerusalem - there's no city like it!".
But instead the slogan in English read: "Jerusalem - there's no such city!",
reported the Israeli newspaper Maariv.
Tens of thousands of the leaflets were distributed before the Jerusalem
municipality realised its mistake.
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