Anyone up for Hebrew translation?

HoledandCreative

A friend would like to know the inscriptions on each side.

lordmarcovan

Something about "Eat at Chaim's Falafel Stand, Ben Gurion Avenue, Haifa"?


Nope, sorry. Not a clue.

lordmarcovan

No translation, yet, but I did Google up this...

And this, which is not the same medal, but a coin, apparently commemorating the same agricultural school...

Zohar

100 Year Anniversary for Mikveh Israel, Israel's first agricultural school established in 1870. Reverse has a verse from the book of Jeremiah "O Thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? (Jeremiah 14:8)"

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In 1870, the first Jewish agricultural school was founded in what would become Israel.

Mikveh Israel was created as a way to teach new agricultural advancements to classrooms of boys, who could then use the skills as a trade and way to develop the largely desert scape of then-Palestine.

The school opened in an area southeast of what is now Tel Aviv, a plot of land that was leased from the Turkish sultan. The Ottoman Empire allocated 750 acres for creation of the school, which today makes up part of the “green lung” surrounding Tel Aviv.

Mikveh Israel was the brainchild of Charles Netter, a Zionist leader and founding member of the Alliance Israelite Universelle in Paris. Netter traveled to then-Palestine for the first time in 1868 as a representative of the AIU, sent there to determine what areas of need the group could assist with.

Netter realized there was no main center for training young agriculturalists, a dire need in Israel, and set out to right the wrong.

Netter arranged a meeting with the Ottoman Emperor in Constantinople, receiving permission for the project. AIU handled the financial side and just two years later the school was born.

The first few years of the school saw struggle, as Old Yishuv leaders objected to Jewish labor in the Holy Land. The school also faced financial struggles, and Netter eventually donated his own money to keep Mikveh Israel up and running.

The school did ultimately find its footing, though. Donations from the Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, the famous Jewish philanthropist who helped build much of Israel, helped the school thrive after those early years.

In 1898, Theodor Herzl famously greeted Emperor Wilhelm II at the front entrance of the school, a photo opportunity that is iconic today.

marcmoish

Something about "Eat at Chaim's Falafel Stand, Ben Gurion Avenue, Haifa"?

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HoledandCreative

Thank you for the help. My knowledge of Hebrew is limited to very few numbers. What looks like 4 words on the obverse is actually a phrase. That also explains the words on the back. I didn't realize it could say so much in so little space. I like efficient.

desslok

Zohar beat me to it, but just to give a short translation:

Obverse: "Mikveh Israel Agricultural School"
Reverse: pharse from Jeremiah 14:8. You can find several alternate translations (similar but not identical to each other) here: http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/14-8.htm