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The Little Princess – Royal Virtue Signaling from Steimatzky Publishing

/ Hebrew, Literature / 5 minutes of reading

Steimatzky (סְטִימָצְקִי in Hebrew) is the oldest and largest bookstore chain in Israel. The Chain was officially founded in 1925 by Tzvi Steimatzky and his half-brother Yechezkel Steimatzky five years after Tzvi Steimatzky had opened the first bookstore in Tel Aviv in 1920. Back then its primary focus was foreign language books as Hebrew wasn’t …

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Wonder Woman 1984 is a refreshingly conservative movie – Not a review

/ Cinema, Comics, Hebrew, Politics / 4 minutes of reading

The other day I finally caught Wonder Woman 1984 on TV. I must say it wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be, but still it wasn’t very good. The writing was bad, the directing was bad, the effects were mediocre at best, and so was most of the acting (sorry Gal Gadot…). I …

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What’s between Hebrew and Intelligence

/ Hebrew, Etymology, Latin, Technology / 10 minutes of reading

Intelligence in Hebrew The Hebrew word for intelligence is בִּינָה (bina). It comes from the shoresh ב-י-ן (Bet–Yod–Nun), which also forms the preposition בֵּין (bein) – meaning between. This is not a coincidence. Among other words that employ this shoresh we may find the verb הֵבִין (hevin) which means to understand, the adjective נָבוֹן (navon) …

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Bad Apple – Tim Cook’s Dark Soul and Bloody Soles

/ Politics, Chinese, Hebrew / 3 minutes of reading

Tim Cook, in case you didn’t know, is the first recipient of the Anti-Defamation League’s Courage Against Hate award. Apple’s CEO for the last decade was presented the award in December 2018 at ADL’s Never is Now summit, and here is his introduction and the speech he gave (starts at 5:43) at the occasion. Fair …

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Talking Trees and Bushes – Discourse Representation in Hebrew Vegetation

/ Hebrew, Etymology, 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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Tech and Religion – Surprising Hebrew-Latin-Chinese Connection

/ Chinese, English, Etymology, Hebrew, Latin, Persian, Religion, TV / 3 minutes of reading

I just came across this very interesting video from Religion for Breakfast YouTube channel. It’s about how Big-Tech companies are adapting religious characteristics and assume roles that are traditionally reserved for the classic religions of our world. Before we get started, if you didn’t know about Religion for Breakfast, consider following the project because they …

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The hidden symbolism of Westworld’s maze

/ Hebrew, Etymology, TV / 3 minutes of reading

Warning: The following post contains spoilers the first season of Westworld. Reader discretion is advised. My feelings towards Westworld are somewhat complicated. I absolutely loved the first season and thought it was brilliant. The second season was also quite good, but for obvious reasons it could not replicate the magic of the first one. The …

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Serpent of Uncertainty – The word snake in Hebrew

/ Hebrew, Etymology, Religion / 8 minutes of reading

In these uncertain times, I find myself thinking more and more about the word ‘snake’ in Hebrew and what it represents. The word for ‘snake’ in Hebrew in נָחָשׁ (nachash). It’s a masculine noun so its plural form is נְחָשִׁים (nechashim). There is something very intriguing about the shoresh נ-ח-ש (Nun–Chet–Shin) which forms the word …

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