Tip of the Tongue

The average citizen of the Western world, especially the political leaders, is quite disappointed with the Middle East these days.  The loc...

A euphemism, derived from the Greek root eu meaning good , is a nice word for an unpleasant concept.  In itself there is nothing wrong wit...

The British government and public have had an intimate part of the marking of the modern Middle East.  London was a controlling factor in t...

Like soldiers, some people are nameless.  This is a sad but true fact.  Generally, these invisible persons are either dead or victims of ad...

                                                                  Anglo-Saxons, especially Americans, are rather infamous in their awkw...

French and English share an amazing number of false friends, i.e. words that you think you know what they mean because of their similarity ...

Two (unofficial) facts:  1 The vast majority of North Americans that immigrate (make aliya ) to Israel do not stay there (here) more than...