Hebrew name for US "Lands of the Covenant" remains mystery

Aaron Lerner Date: 11 January 2005

The United States is called "Lands of the Covenant" (Artzot Habrit) in
Hebrew.

It is commonly thought that this name was given in order to avoid confusion
with the Hebrew name for the United Nations.

IMRA asked Israel Radio's "Moment of Hebrew" program for the source of the
name.

They find that the term appears in Hebrew papers as early as 1857 - in the
Hamagid L'Israel weekly.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-7255730
INTERNET ADDRESS: imra@netvision.net.il
Website: http://www.imra.org.il