Orthography

May 25 2022

Helping Hands – The amazing friendship between Hebrew and Chinese

May 25, 2022 / Chinese, Etymology, Hebrew, Orthography / 5 minutes of reading

Meet the Chinese character for friendship. It is written 友 and pronounced yǒu in standard Mandarin Chinese (sounds more like ‘yo’ than ‘you’). Though it is not so easy to see it today, this character was originally a pictograph of two hands. Since shaking hands as a form of greeting probably was not a thing […]

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Nov 22 2021

The powerful story behind the Hebrew letter Alef

November 22, 2021 / Etymology, Chinese, Cinema, Comics, Hebrew, Orthography, Religion / 8 minutes of reading

I have been thinking a lot about what the topic of the first post should be. Language? Culture? Maybe a personal story or a funny anecdote? Then it hit me – since it’s the first post I should write about the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet. It signifies beginnings and therefore it is the

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Gender Jihad – Why Queers for Palestine make total senseApril 21, 2024
The ‘Queers for Palestine’ movement has been around for several years now, but there’s no doubt it gained a lot of traction and attention after the horrible events of October 7th and the world-wide pro-Palestinian demonstrations
Sa Le’at (Drive Slow) by Arik Einstein (1974) – The most Israeli song ever?January 29, 2024
The song סַע לְאַט (sa le’at – go slow or drive slowly) by Arik Einstein came out in 1974, in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War. Not only is this song beautiful and melodic, but
The Curious Case of the Palestinian PeopleDecember 28, 2023
The movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the perfect analogy to the Palestinian people – because they were also born very old and under unusual circumstances. With the help of a friend I created
The proof is in the funding – Is Israel a colonialist state?December 19, 2023
Colonialism is one of the most common accusations against Israel. When faced with this accusation, many Israelis usually reply with one or both of the following counter arguments. The first counter argument is that Jews are
Fabulous Fabrics – The Middle East Conflict through the prism of flagsNovember 23, 2023
As primitive means for long distance communication, flags are one of the cruder forms of language if not the crudest. The purpose of a flag is simple – conveying information visually. Be it an identity or