Tip of the Tongue

Television provides a perspective of society, granted a circus-mirror one with some distortion. Viewing reruns of the 1960’s (1967-1975) de...

A casual observer might reach the conclusion that Israelis hate their country.  Everybody from left to right seems to constantly criticize ...

To begin, I was a classic “wandering Jew”.  My relatives from at least two generations took their legs and immigrated to a different countr...

One of the advantages of public libraries is the opportunity to read books that you would never could justify buying. Currently, I am readi...

Words, specifically the use of them, are a bit like rivers. The authorities may try to plan to their movement but they have a will of their...

I have been an English lecturer at Ort Braude for over 25 years.  One aspect of academic life in Israel that is unique to the country and v...

To most foreigners, English seems a reasonably easy language to speak.  With a few words and a most basic understanding of grammar, non-nat...