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Alexandre Gilbert

Nov 1, 2026, 6:01 PM

Mohamed Maouhoub, Derrida and the Crisis of Modernity XII

Mohamed Maouhoub (copyright authorized)

A few years ago, in Marseille, two translators were asked to carry the same book into two sister languages. Moshe Ron was to render Jacques Derrida’s Le Monolinguisme de l’autre into Hebrew, and Mohamed Maouhoub into Arabic. The Mucem...

Aharon Ariel Lavi

Oct 29, 2026, 9:19 PM

What Does it Mean to Know Another Person?

When we say that someone knows something, we generally mean that they have acquired an understanding of, or familiarity with, something outside themselves. But in the Bible, the word "know" does not always carry this meaning. Already in the Book...

Oct 27, 2026, 4:23 PM

My Second Week Of Teaching Hebrew In Laqiya: Elections

Teaching material

Since we teach at the junior high school in Laqiya on Mondays, our lesson this week took place yesterday, the day before the general election. Since we have no common language, either literally or symbolically, it is hard to...

Aharon Ariel Lavi

Oct 22, 2026, 10:02 PM

What Connects Abraham and Iran?

Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s Arabic translation of the Torah helps us not only uncover deeper meanings in the text, but also identify geographical locations that, to most of us, sound remote and unfamiliar. For example, this week’s Torah portion describes the...

Oct 21, 2026, 8:03 PM

The First Week of Teaching Hebrew In Laquia

Inside the school

Since the orientation meeting at the school in Laqiya, I had been apprehensive about my upcoming assignment to speak Hebrew with students in 7th and 8th grades once a week. During the previous week, I kept thinking about ways...

Oct 20, 2026, 6:42 PM

A Biblical Book Against God

Please meet the Book of Daniel. It is the most important book in the Bible. It is the only book in the Bible that mocks divine salvation. And it is the only one that mocks it through a verified...

Oct 19, 2026, 5:58 AM

Will You Follow the Truth?

Whenever I discuss the Book of Daniel in private, I am often asked how its Hebrew-language visions remained wrongly decoded for more than twenty centuries. Some even pose the question as decisive proof that the evidence for its true...

Oct 17, 2026, 8:48 AM

Treasure Trove: Israel’s Aviation History Will Include Flights from Canada Again

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

The long awaited resumption of Air Canada’s Toronto-Tel Aviv direct flight is scheduled for November 30, 2026. In anticipation of these flights starting again, Treasure Trove is taking this opportunity to give a brief history of aviation in the...

Michal Slawny Cababia

Oct 15, 2026, 3:11 PM

B’Yachad, we’ll repair ties between Israel and the Jewish world

The writer alongside fellow B'Yachad (Yesh Atid) MK Oz Haim at a meeting of the Knesset Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee. (Credit: Danny Shem Tov/ Knesset Spokesperson)

In just under two weeks, Israelis will head to the polls in what will be the most consequential election in our country’s history. As our country grapples with questions of governance, security, national identity, and our standing in the...

Jonathan Shavit

Oct 9, 2026, 6:21 PM

Children of Abraham: A review

Published this year, its author Marc David Baer attempts to apply much-needed nuance to a topic, Jewish-Muslim relations, that usually veers into myths of interfaith utopia or perennial antagonism. Spanning the period from Islamic rule to the present, Baer...

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