it's a group of syriac orthodox christians from outspoken southern germany not a problem in this ancient city with its amazing variety of faiths. 2 2 2 2 but i'm going to miss spends most of her time here at jerusalem's hebrew university . the lutheran world foundation pays her student fees of $10000.00 euros. the woman at the side is melanie moore tossed maya she's part of wolfgang schmitz team and runs the study program she also attends the course because she's one of the chooses its election on the talmud the definitive rabbinic commentary on the hebrew bible the lecture is given in modern hebrew which presents something of a challenge to the student from germany. so thoughts about her. mom. melanie morgan last mile participated in the program herself in 2002. she was last. time i wanted to go to the university to collect my certificate and there was also a farewell meal planned in the students' canteen that was the one that. we collected as a ticket somewhere on our way to the canteen when something happened that delayed us then we heard the news there had been an attack on the campu

syriac christians are part of the eastern christian tradition and pray in aramaic. leaders from their community welcomed the building of the syriac 0rthodox mor efrem church. translation: our syriac orthodoxever faced such a gesture. it is the first time the president of a country has laid the foundation stone of church. christians make up just 0.2% of the population. but some have complained about the treatment they receive in muslim majority country. and despite the recent restoration and re—opening of churches, the islamic—rooted government has often been criticised for trying to turn what is officially a secular country into a religious one. ramzan karmali, bbc news. the french inventor franky zapata is hoping to cross the english channel on sunday using a jet—powered hoverboa rd. the former jet—skiing champion was unsuccessful in his first attempt late last month. he aims to fly from sangatte in france to dover in england. tim allman reports. if at first you don't succeed... ..try, try, and try again. franky zapata testing his hoverboard before his second attempt to cross the english channel. his first go ended when he failed to land on a refuelling platform and he fell into the sea.