Tip of the Tongue

  [Throne*] The art of translating goes beyond knowledge of language and encompasses comprehension of culture. A professional translator mus...

In the last decade, the television screen has slowly turned into a giant kitchen. Food preparation programs are becoming more and mor...

In Judaism, the term messiah refers to a godlike figure that will appear deus ex machina and restore human affairs to its mythical or...

I come from a political family. My parents came from politically active families. At the dinner table, we discussed the Vietnam War and Wat...

In continuation of last week’s post on Ireland, I feel obliged to mention what Ireland has few of, for better or worse.   Of course, I coul...

An inverse proportion can describe a relation where the scales of effort and results are opposite, i.e. greater effort is used for less co...

As an American who has lived some 23 years in Israel, I have learned to appreciate a certain reality which escapes people who have never b...