Arts & Culture

Learning Hebrew Doesn’t Have to Be a Bummer

November 24, 2015 00:08:04

Sometimes we’re just “in basa” – in a state of annoyance, not really angry, but just bummed. Find out how to talk about it in Hebrew.

Poetry that bridges the divide

November 18, 2015

“Only in the East do lions and deer stop in their tracks to hear the sounds of distant water.”

Half a Million Downloads? Not Half Bad

November 17, 2015 00:10:34

This week we’re celebrating half a million downloads of our podcast! So we decided to dedicate this episode to “hatsi/hetsi” – “half” in Hebrew.

Poems and memoir: Chestnuts blooming in the fall

November 11, 2015

“Then we strode solemnly down the chestnut allee—and the chestnuts bloomed a second time—white candles against the improbably profound blue of the sky.”

Learning Hebrew? Kol Ha-Kavod!

November 10, 2015 00:10:00

Learn all the uses of the Hebrew word “kavod” – “honor” – right from the Prime Minister’s official title to what you jot on the front of an envelope.

All that glisters is not Gindi: Israeli fashion close up

November 5, 2015

Outside Tel Aviv’s official Fashion Week, meet the city’s hard-working, urban designers to get a snapshot of the real Israeli fashion industry.

The One Facing Us: Ronit Matalon’s family album

November 4, 2015 00:07:58

Ronit Matalon’s first novel to be translated into English is organized around 17 snapshots from an imaginary family photo album.

Pagash-Nifgash: Close Encounters of the Hebrew Kind

November 3, 2015 0:09:14

Even advanced learners have difficulties with the פגש-נפגש verb forms, both meaning ‘he met.’ Guy explains the differences between the two, so you know how to meet up with your best friends as well as how to bump into them

Naim Araidi and the people of the Galilee

October 28, 2015

“People of the Galilee are strong as the sun / Rough as the terebinth tender as the oak / Fiery as the fires of Sodom / Sodden as the salt of the sea.”

Streetwise Support: Ease the Heavy Burden of Learning Hebrew

October 27, 2015 00:10:01

The word for “support” – “tmicha” – is vastly used in Hebrew, mainly in the context of tech support. The verb is “litmoch.”