Tip of the Tongue

One of the effects of being an expatriate is perspective on how certain occasions are marked and celebrated.  A good example is Memorial Da...

My daughter’s first sentence was “I want more salad.” This begs the question of the actual contents of the salad since every country has a ...

Immigrants all over the world suffer from it: they can no longer speak a pure sentence in their native tongue.  Over time, bits and pieces ...

For airplanes and shuttles, redundancy is beneficial while for languages, it is traditional and mindless.  In other words, certain expressi...

In my town in Israel and most towns worldwide, ten years ago, the husband (or other family member if he was not available) took out the gar...

A man’s (or a woman’s) house is his castle, or so they say.  It can also be his status symbol, social hall or just dormitory, all depending...

For Jews everywhere including in Israel, Pesach (Passover)  is a unifying holiday.  Jews of all strides celebrate it, from atheists to ultr...