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An Israeli TV show about the Hasidic Shtisel fam­i­ly explores the coun­try’s com­pli­cat­ed lan­guage politics. 

Mar 06, 2016

Yid­dish is mov­ing from the out­skirts to the cen­ter of Israeli pop cul­ture. Avi Blitz asks how that happens. 

Nov 26, 2018

Zion­ism sought to alter for­ev­er the image of the Jew­ish male. Avi Blitz looks at what hap­pened, and how Yid­dish fits in. 

Feb 19, 2019

Avi Blitz dis­cuss­es the pop­u­lar­i­ty and gen­der-inflect­ed atti­tude toward the Tsene-rene in Hare­di com­mu­ni­ties in con­tem­po­rary Israel.

May 06, 2019

Sholem Asch’s arrival at the small house at 50 Arlozorov Street in the coastal town of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, was to be his final move in over two decades of trav­els. Six decades lat­er, the house has been care­ful­ly restored and reopened as a museum.

Feb 16, 2020

What do you think about our cov­er­age in rela­tion to the war in Gaza? Let us know.

Feb 27, 2024

A bilin­gual reflection.

Oct 28, 2024