Gail Hareven
By Gail Hareven
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Opinion Land of the Surreal
In 1911, when the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica was published, the entry titled “The Hebrew Language” stated: “The dream of some Zionists that Hebrew — a would-be Hebrew, that is to say — will again become a living, popular language in Palestine, has still less prospect of realization than their vision of a…
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Culture Excerpt: ‘Confessions of Noa Weber’
I didn’t look at him or at anyone else when I said: “Yes, I want to.” And the next thing he said was: “Okay, then let’s go and do it now, just tell me where to go.” At that moment he was a king, he was their prince, they admired him more than ever, and…
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