Writing
Remembering Rochelle Furstenberg: A groundbreaking writer, editor, and literary critic
Rochelle grew up in Chicago, and later moved to New York to continue her studies. Her husband, Prof. Hillel Furstenberg, was born in Berlin and escaped with his family to New York in 1939.
Weekend festival brings top authors and musicians to the Western Negev
Wait until life touches you, and the poems appear like bruises - opinion
What Tisha B’Av can teach about the silencing, and creative defiance, of Jewish writers - opinion
Meir Shalev and Yehonatan Geffen were Israeli cultural royalty - comment
Recently Israeli Author Meir Shalev passed away at 74 and Yehonatan Geffen passed away at 76.
Violeta from Italia - short story
I wonder where Violeta is now, if she ever heard what happened to Niko. Whenever we see a redhead on the bus, Oren and I look to see if maybe Violeta has come back.
Welcome to Har Nes! - short story
The town was called Har Nes, which means “miracle mountain” in Hebrew. The omen was fortuitous. Stumbling upon a home with a spectacular view of the Kinneret, we were instantly hooked.
The best books of 2022-2023 - opinion
My fifth annual list of favorite books on Israeli, Jewish and other matters, ranging from diplomacy to Torah commentary.
Beneath the surface: A history of water expressions and phrases
The English language is awash with terms and expressions that are related to water. Let’s dive in and explore the sources of some familiar idioms, expressions and trends.
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Can you use AI to work for you or is it copyright infringement?
Who owns the rights to the commercial sale of AI products, the user or the creators of the software?
Move over, ChatGPT: Israeli start-up AI21 Labs' AI to cite sources
This addresses something that the AI21 team refers to as "the Achilles' heel of AI-generated text," which is a lack of sources and the chance of factual error.
My Word: A battle of words and artificial intelligence
ChatGPT clearly has some ability to write and might truly work one future day - but for now, I’m determined to have the last word.
Amateur archaeologist uncovers 20,000-year-old ‘writing’ system
The researcher, Ben Bacon, found that cave drawings were used to record details about the timing of animal reproductive cycles.