Tip of the Tongue

Visitors from Europe or North America travelling through Israel will see a remarkable number of similarities.  They will recognize many of...

The word “exotic” can be defined as that what is extraordinary.  For example, blonds are exotic in the Middle East but quite commonplace i...

The Middle East is a crossroad of cultures, ancient and modern, East and West.  Countless travelers, languages, foods and styles have pass...

A euphemism is a nice word for a concept that society does not want to talk about openly, even if it must.  Examples of this are dying, of...

Guns are worldwide and universal.  Their meaning is not.  When people see a person with a gun, its impact often depends on its national co...

In root-poor languages, such as Hebrew, all roots are used to their maximum in terms of producing noun, verb, and adjective forms.  For ex...

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...