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Nov 15 2022

Talking Trees and Bushes – Discourse Representation in Hebrew Vegetation

November 15, 2022 / Hebrew, Etymology, Featured, Literature / 14 minutes of reading

In this post we are going to look into the two types of plants we tend to keep in the garden and help them grow – trees and bushes, and see it related to the concepts of snakes and weeds we examined in a previous post. Bush in Hebrew The Hebrew word for bush or […]

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Oct 9 2022

A Question of Reflection – Between The Mirror of Galadriel and Neo’s Spoon

October 9, 2022 / Hebrew, Featured, Literature, TV / 11 minutes of reading

The Mirror of Galadriel is one of my favorite parts in The Lord of the Rings story. The first time I read the book I was too young to understand its true meaning and hidden symbolism. I simply assumed it was an elven-made crystal ball of sorts, i.e., a mystical device that can pierce through

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The Hebrew Spectrum of Law and Justice and the Language Aspect at its CoreDecember 26, 2024
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a Douglas Murray event in Tel Aviv. It was a talk dedicated to the newly published Hebrew edition of his new book ‘The War on the West’ and
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The Israeli Left’s attempts to degenderize Hebrew and why it’s workingOctober 27, 2024
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Heart Burns – The Perfect Chinese Character for Yom KippurOctober 11, 2024
Sometimes it can be really fun to dissect Chinese character through a Jewish perspective. In the case of the Chinese character 愁 and Yom Kippur, it reveals a surprising semi-coincidental (probably) overlap between the logic of
Hey Jew (the antisemite’s song)October 7, 2024
I have been carrying in my head the idea for ‘Hey Jew’ – a sad spoof of Hey Jude by The Beatles for several years now, long before the tragic events of October 7th. I came