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6 unusual facts about Keren


1913 Asmara earthquake

This earthquake caused significant damage in Asmara (VI), Keren (IV), Massawa (V) and Adi Ugri (V).

Agaw languages

There is a rich literature in Agaw but it is widely dispersed: from fascinating mediaeval texts in the Qimant language, now mostly in Israeli museums, to the modern, flourishing and topical in the Blin language, with its own newspaper, based in Keren, Eritrea.

Banking in Eritrea

These banks had 13 branches in six Eritrean cities: Asmara, Massawa, Keren, Adikeyh, Decamahare and Assab.

Harold Rawdon Briggs

The force then continued southwards and fought its way to the defences of Keren.

Troorkh

However, he received a composition for solo trombone, Keren, a few years later, in 1985.

It is dedicated to Swedish trombonist Christian Lindberg, to whom Xenakis also dedicated his previous work for solo trombone, Keren.


Almerigo Grilz

He witnessed all the conflicts from mid 70’s, from the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan to the Israeli’s operation in Lebanon; the conflicts between Druses and Christian Maronites; and the Myanmar-Thailand border war between Keren minority and Myanmar regulars.

Battle of Gondar

After the defeat of the Italian forces at Keren on 1 April 1941, many of the remaining Italians withdrew to three strongholds: Amba Alagi, Jimma, and Gondar.

Eritrean Catholic Church

The ecclesiastical consequence of this was that, after Eritrea achieved independence in May 1993, Pope John Paul II created two additional eparchies, with seats in Keren and Barentu.

Gaza Street

Gaza Street begins at the intersection of Paris Square, King George, Keren HaYesod and Rambam streets, and it spans until the intersection with Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog Avenue next to the Valley of the Cross (“Emeq HaMatzleva”) and the Monastery of the Cross.

Israel national basketball team

Mickey Berkowitz, Tal Brody, Motti Aroesti, Mike Schwartz, Hanan Keren, Shlomo Blum, Shamuel Nachmias, Barry Leibowitz, Avigdor Moskowitz, Itamar Marzel, Jonathan Zacks, Boaz Yanai (Coach: Abraham Hemo)

Tal Brody, Hanan Keren, Mike Schwartz, Haim Starkman, Gabi Teichner, Boaz Yanai, Mark Turenshine, Zvi Inbar, Dan Barzily, Itamar Marzel, Abraham Zuchman, Joseph Leja (Coach: Shimon Shelah)

Mickey Berkowitz, Mike Schwartz, Hanan Keren, Barry Leibowitz, Shamuel Nachmias, Aor Goren, Pinhas Hozez, Avigdor Moskowitz, Steve Kaplan, Itamar Marzel, Boaz Yanai, Rothschild (Coach: Ralph Klein)

Keren Everett

Keren Everett's former husband Daniel Everett, whom she married in 1969, is the best-known authority on the language.

Keren Everett has spent many years in the Amazon studying the Pirahã tribe and their language.

Keren Hanan

As of 2011, Keren resides in Budapest, working alongside Ferenc Rados, where she plays piano.

Keren Hayesod

The resolution adopted called on "the whole Jewish people", Zionists and non-Zionists alike to contribute toward the building of the Land of Israel through Keren Hayesod.

According to the Reconstitution Agreement of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), Keren Hayesod is one of its three constituent bodies (along with the World Zionist Organization (WZO) and the United Israel Appeal in the United States, a subsidiary of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)) and provides 20% of the representatives on the Board of Governors and the Assembly.

Keren Hayesod was established at the World Zionist Conference in London on July 7–24, 1920, and officially declared on December 24, 1920.


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