קריאת כיוון

English translation: Call to action

10:04 Oct 3, 2010
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / US Jewry
Hebrew term or phrase: קריאת כיוון
Text about renewal (or decline) in US Judaism.
Sentence reads: זהו אחד מאותם המקרים שבהם קריאת הכיוון באה מה"שטח".
Garsan
Israel
Local time: 04:22
English translation:Call to action
Explanation:
I the context you oprovide it's crystal clear IMHO that this is what it means.

See in the book review for "The Vanishing Jew":
"This book is a call to action for all who refuse to accept our demographic demise as inevitable"
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Otdm1-w...

The notion keeps ringing in this context wherever I look:
http://www.google.co.il/search?hl=iw&rls=com.microsoft:en-US...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-10-03 14:28:05 GMT)
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So:
"This is one of the instances in which the call for action came from the grassroots level..."

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-10-03 14:29:11 GMT)
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Sorry - I meant "call <B>to action"

"This is one of the instances in which the call to action came from the grassroots level..."

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-10-03 14:42:27 GMT)
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"The call to action comes from the individuals and communities who..."
www.virginia.edu/pst/2003PST_Abstracts.pdf

and more generally - "the call to action came from...":
http://www.google.co.il/search?hl=iw&rls=com.microsoft:en-US...
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Ron Armon
Israel
Local time: 04:22
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Call to action


Explanation:
I the context you oprovide it's crystal clear IMHO that this is what it means.

See in the book review for "The Vanishing Jew":
"This book is a call to action for all who refuse to accept our demographic demise as inevitable"
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Otdm1-w...

The notion keeps ringing in this context wherever I look:
http://www.google.co.il/search?hl=iw&rls=com.microsoft:en-US...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-10-03 14:28:05 GMT)
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So:
"This is one of the instances in which the call for action came from the grassroots level..."

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-10-03 14:29:11 GMT)
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Sorry - I meant "call <B>to action"

"This is one of the instances in which the call to action came from the grassroots level..."

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-10-03 14:42:27 GMT)
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"The call to action comes from the individuals and communities who..."
www.virginia.edu/pst/2003PST_Abstracts.pdf

and more generally - "the call to action came from...":
http://www.google.co.il/search?hl=iw&rls=com.microsoft:en-US...

Ron Armon
Israel
Local time: 04:22
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 8
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