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HEBREW WORD OF THE WEEK: MALL

This week’s word is, mall, or, in Hebrew, Pronounced ken-yone. You can use it in sentences such as the following: I’m going to the mall, would you like to come? Transliterated this reads: Ah-nee ho-lech-et l’ken-yone, ah-tah rotz-eh la’voh?
And, What are you doing at the mall? Transliterated this reads: Mah aht oh-sah b’ken-yone?
And, I am [...]

Srugim Pilot and the New Immigrant

A new show recently debuted in Israel called “Srugim.” The show, named after the knitted yarmulkes that Religious Nationalists wear in Israel, follows the lives of a group of single friends living in Jerusalem. In the show’s pilot episode, there is a brief scene in which some of the show’s characters interact with an immigrant, [...]