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Jan 2, 2023, 1:27 PM

Lost in Translation: Why’s the 10th of Tevet a Greek tragedy?

Although not glamorous, my main role (or at least the one that takes up most of my time) as a journalist for CTech, the English language technology news site of Calcalist, Israel's leading financial daily, is to translate select...

Dec 27, 2022, 1:23 AM

What’s your (origin) story?

Every superhero has an origin story. For example, teenager Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider and overnight he suddenly attained super-human powers that allowed him to crawl up walls and spin webs just like a spider. That's...

May 18, 2022, 5:50 PM

Lag B’omer: ‘Distance’ Learning

It's that time of year again. Kids with 'borrowed' shopping carts full of wood rush by. The smell of bonfire smoke fills the air. Lag B'omer is here. I have grown accustomed to the bonfires (and the smoke) which will...

Dec 14, 2021, 12:20 AM

Siege the Day: Saving the Tenth of Tevet

Early on in the 1984 comedy film "Top Secret" (from the Jewish filmmakers who created "Airplane") the protagonist Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) meets Dr. Paul Flammond when they are both being held in the Flurgendorf prison. Doctor Flammond: They are...

Feb 11, 2021, 8:51 PM

Love at first sight: My PR valentine

There are certain things in life you never forget: your first love, your first kiss and if you happen to be a PR pro — your first client. It was July 2014, the middle of another sweltering Tel Aviv summer....

Dec 24, 2020, 5:23 PM

The Tenth of Tevet: Not So Fast

I glanced at the clock on the wall and breathed a sigh of relief. The work week at my Jewish holiday PR company was coming to a close. Chanukah had been over for exactly a week and no new...

Sep 17, 2020, 5:15 PM

Rosh Hashana 5781: Apple or Honey?

WIZO Day Care Center (photo credit Din Aharoni Rolland)

How was my year? Well, that all depends. Are you talking about B.C. - Before Corona or A.C. - After Corona? With the onset of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, this Friday night, we take the opportunity to reflect...

May 27, 2020, 8:59 PM

Naomi vs. Corona: From ‘Bitter’ to ‘Better’

I admit that I have never given much thought to the Book of Ruth, the four-chapter biblical narrative traditionally read on the holiday of Shavuot. While it was always easy to "root for Ruth" -- and her "redeemer" Boaz...

Apr 20, 2020, 4:18 PM

Yom Hashoah: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

A WIZO Parents' Home resident shares his life story with an IDF soldier as part of "A Flower for a Survivor") (Photo credit: Yonatan Sredni)

"Where have all the flowers gone? ... Where have all the soldiers gone?" Each year on Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), I walk over to the WIZO Parents' Home, located next door to WIZO's (Women's International Zionist Organization) Tel Aviv...

Apr 5, 2020, 7:58 PM

‘Old School’ Seder

"Well," my mother said turning to me this week, "you always dreamed of leading a seder, now you get to." I frowned. This was not what I had in mind. In our family, my late father Yaacov always led the seder....

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About Me

Yonatan Sredni is a journalist and editor at CTech by Calcalist. With degrees from the US and Israel, he has a background in journalism, public relations, and creative writing. In addition to TOI and CTech, his articles have been published in The Jerusalem Post and on NoCamels and Israel National News.

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