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Sep 6, 2026, 2:31 PM

The Language and Grammar of the Olim Urban Dictionary

The other day, my son came home from Miluim and, while describing a car he wants to buy, he talked about its comfortability. Or maybe he was referring to his Negev? Been a busy week. Anyway, my wife and I...

Sep 6, 2026, 10:41 AM

Hebrew and English?

You probably didn’t even notice that my blog is in English, since the Times of Israel platform is an English language environment. We should stop and ask: since I have lived permanently in Israel since 1981, why is all...

Sep 6, 2026, 7:29 AM

Treasure Trove: Zionism from Jerusalem to Basel to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh?

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

This postcard extends Zion’s Greetings for the New Year and references in Hebrew three cities that were important to Zionism in 1905 when the postcard was mailed. First is Jerusalem, which needs no explanation. Second is Basel, which was the...

William Goloboy

Sep 2, 2026, 11:53 PM

Prophets not Diplomats: Ahad Ha’am and the Vision of Cultural Zionism

How would you define Zionism? If I polled the average Times of Israel reader on this question I’m sure I would get a huge variety of responses. Zionism is support for Israel. Zionism is the nationalist movement for Jewish...

Aug 30, 2026, 6:42 AM

My Nephew, Whoever He Is in Hebrew

I had just dropped my brother in law and nephew at the front door while I looked for parking, which is basically a true test of any driver's capabilitues in Israel. Having found a spot, I was now trying...

Alexander Lutsenko

Aug 29, 2026, 10:03 AM

Five Languages, 50 Poets: The Ukraine Israel Rarely Gets to See

Five Languages, 50 Poets: The Ukraine Israel Rarely Gets to See. The image was created using AI.

A book of almost 400 pages is being prepared in Haifa. That sentence does not sound particularly dramatic. There are no missiles in it, no diplomatic scandal, no emergency statement from Jerusalem or Kyiv. And perhaps that is exactly why this...

Joel D. Roberts

Aug 25, 2026, 6:47 PM

‘October Return’: The Coded Warning English Doesn’t Capture

AI generated with author permission

We've all heard the expression “don't judge a book by its cover.” In the case of Einat Wilf and Adi Schwartz’s recent October Return (an update of their previous The War of Return), I would shift to “don’t judge...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jul 27, 2026, 7:03 PM

The IDF Must Make Hebrew a Weapon, Not a Barrier

The IDF faces a shortfall of approximately 12,000 soldiers, including 7,000 combat troops. Military leaders warn that shorter service terms and mounting reserve exhaustion will only widen the manpower gap. Yet Israel is overlooking an answer in plain sight:...

Jul 26, 2026, 4:51 PM

One syllable. Infinite disappointment

Jul 24, 2026, 6:28 PM

Before There Was a Synagogue, There Was a Dining Room

How two ordinary people built a Jewish community long before we had a building. Every Jewish community has people like Norm and Esther Wean. They aren’t rabbis or major philanthropists. Their names aren’t engraved on buildings. They simply open their homes,...

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