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عيد الأضحى
if there was one immediate thing I could say that I hated about the immediate Jewish circle I'm in, it's the lingering Islamophobia that is so readily displayed.
Example: yesterday in Hebrew class we were reading headlines, and one of the news blurbs mentioned a חג הקורבן, xag hakorban, "Holiday of the victim/sacrifice", and we were all unsure of ( Read more... ) -
[Multilingual Monday] Human Error
Two brief tales of linguistic hurdles because one simply doesn't know better (and being a great segue from the "admitting that one has flaws" post I did earlier):
- So, as you have heard about 7,572 times already, I've become a collector of older Japanese books. If you haven't heard this -- well, you haven't been reading, as I'm sure I sound like a ( Read more... )
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Hebrew Class, or: Statler and Waldorf
So, have I mentioned that, over the last couple of months, I've been taking Hebrew classes on Monday nights ( Read more... )
