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Jun 24, 2026, 3:58 PM

Skull Face and the Death of Worlds

"We do not inhabit a country; we inhabit a language." Metal Gear Solid V begins with this attributed to Emil Cioran. It captures a truth that I did not fully appreciate until I began learning to pray in Hebrew. At first,...

Jun 23, 2026, 2:09 PM

I Left NYC for Tel Aviv. It Was the Best Decision I Ever Made.

Author Sophie Mendel

I left my life in New York City in search of community and belonging—in Tel Aviv, I found it. One year ago I decided to leave New York City and move to Tel Aviv. In the wake of October 7th...

Jun 19, 2026, 11:52 PM

The Pierced Ear: Torah’s Ownership Mark

The image tells two stories side by side. On the left, a Hebrew servant stands willingly at the doorpost. His master pierces his ear with an awl. The servant smiles with joy and devotion, choosing permanent service out of...

Gabriella Jacobs

Jun 17, 2026, 12:48 PM

The real Hunger Games take place in Israeli supermarkets

Which is the best supermarket for an olah on a budget? This is a topic on which I have, through extensive and occasionally traumatic experimentation, become something of an expert. Throughout my time here I've cycled through Shufersal (online and...

Hagit Arieli Chai

Jun 17, 2026, 5:51 AM

The Linguistic and Theological Relationship between Dwelling and Divine Presence

The study of etymology seeks to uncover the historical development and original meaning of words by tracing their linguistic origins and transformations across time and languages. The Hebrew word Mishkan (משכן), commonly translated as “Tabernacle,” provides a particularly rich...

Isaac Steven Herschkopf

Jun 10, 2026, 9:34 AM

A Legacy of Camp Massad: Too Much Hebrew Can Be Dangerous

"Courts and camps are the only places to learn the world in." - Letters to his Son, Lord Chesterfield (October 2, 1747) Before there was a Camp Morasha, Moshava, Mesorah, Ramah or Yavneh, there was a Camp Massad. Indeed, not only...

Jun 8, 2026, 5:05 AM

Brenner, Zombies, and What Zionism Is For

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Amir Harash and Yosef Haim Brenner. Shekhol ve-Khishalon ve-Zombim (Breakdown and Bereavement Zombies). Am Oved, 2025. What would happen if you took one of the founding novels of modern Hebrew literature and added zombies? That is what Amir Harash does in...

Orly Lavi Travish

May 31, 2026, 1:45 AM

Humbling or Humiliating? Why Language Teachers Are Here to Stay

Imagine celebrating one of your proudest professional milestones, only to discover that an algorithm told your friends and colleagues you had been publicly humiliated. That is exactly what happened to me recently. I was thrilled to share on social...

May 30, 2026, 10:13 AM

Gender-Rich and Gender-Poor Languages

There is more than one road to Dublin. Different societies can move in different linguistic directions and still converge on the same human values. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Poetess and Avtorka Languages evolve. But they do not always evolve in the same direction — even when societies claim to pursue the same values. Consider English. Once upon a time, feminine professional forms were common: poetess authoress doctoress actress Today, many...

May 27, 2026, 11:33 PM

Kaki: A Brief Philological Inquiry Prompted by Two Men on My Street

The Hebrew Bible has words for excrement. Tzo’ah appears in Deuteronomy — waste must be buried outside the camp, because God walks among you. The Talmud tractate Berakhot rules on where one may and may not recite the Shema...

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