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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

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Composite image showing some of the ancient clay cylinders, thought to be engraved with what researchers say is the earliest known form of alphabetic writing. (courtesy John Hopkins University)
December 17, 2024, 4:46 am
A claim that the earliest alphabet was found in Syria sparks a media maelstrom – finally
A Johns Hopkins archaeologist recycles a 20-year-old hypothesis that small clay cylinders found in an ancient tomb reset the genesis of letters by 500 years. Why are people listening now?
By Gavriel Fiske
Novelist John Irving speaks at the Mishkenot Sha'ananim cultural center in Jerusalem, July 3, 2024. (Ethan Freedman/Times of Israel)
July 4, 2024, 1:52 pm
After 40 years, novelist John Irving returns to Jerusalem, where new novel is partly set
Award-winning author speaks at the Mishkenot Sha’ananim cultural center, nostalgic about his time in Israel but not revealing much about about his work-in-progress ‘Queen Esther’
By Ethan Freedman
Author Joan Leegant's latest book, 'Displaced Persons,' a collection of short stories, comes out June 1, 2024 (Courtesy)
June 11, 2024, 4:39 pm
Short stories about Israelis in flux feel familiar in novelist’s latest collection
Joan Leegant’s ‘Displaced Persons’ homes in on identity, character and the Jewish experience
By Jessica Steinberg
Artist's image of Noah's ark (Javier_Art_Photography via iStock by Getty Images)
July 2, 2023, 3:58 pm
Poet brings biblical Noah into familiar territory of urban Israel, and climate change
‘The Book of Noah’ is Yoni Hammer-Kossoy’s ode to the environment and his backyard, along with the high-tech industry he left behind
By Jessica Steinberg
Detail from 'Quarantine Blues' by Ciera Amaro, visual art submission to 'Dispatches from Quarantine' (Courtesy of 'Dispatches from Quarantine' project)
May 27, 2021, 5:16 am
Project invokes teens’ Holocaust diaries to inspire youth to reflect on Covid
Author Alexandra Zapruder’s ‘Dispatches from Quarantine’ initiative encourages youth to take cues from other periods of adversity and add their own observations and experiences
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Judith Colp Rubin
March 5, 2018, 3:28 pm
Judith Colp Rubin
Why Israelis can’t write
If we’re the people of the book, why aren’t resources being allocated toward improving writing?
Ruth Ebenstein
January 12, 2018, 2:44 pm
Ruth Ebenstein
Making the desert bloom with florid prose
A writer’s retreat revealed how the Negev is so much more than beautiful scenery along the drive to Eilat
Students in PICO Jerusalem offices attending a writing workshop offered by WriteSapce Jerusalem (credit: Nadia Jacobson)
November 24, 2016, 4:17 pm
A sacred space for writers in Jerusalem
Anglo immigrants open an English writing school offering workshops, a space and a community
By Emily Rose
Jonathan Safran Foer (Jeff Mermelstein/via JTA)
October 8, 2016, 1:43 am
10 awesome tomes for the Days of Awe (and after)
If you dare glance away from your prayer book a moment, these volumes might be worth the risk
By Victor Wishna
Sam Apple has written books for adults and children, short stories, and long-form nonfiction articles, specializing in science features. (Courtesy)
June 18, 2016, 8:56 pm
Journalist gets to the bottom of the wandering loo
When not focusing on meandering commodes, Sam Apple is a science writer preoccupied with ‘keeping the doctor away’
By Lisa Klug
Author Chanan Tigay during a recent trip to Venice, Italy. (Emanuele Dello Strologo)
March 30, 2016, 9:45 am
Author plays Indiana Jones on the trail of ‘the World’s Oldest Bible’
In 1883, Moses Shapira claimed to have found ancient parchments with the text of Deuteronomy in the Judean Desert. But they were dismissed as forgeries, and he committed suicide. Decades later, the Dead Sea Scrolls were uncovered in the same area. Chanan Tigay set out to discover if Shapira was wronged
By Matt Lebovic
Helen Maryles Shankman
March 27, 2016, 3:01 pm
Helen Maryles Shankman
Humanizing the monster
What she learned when she put herself in the shoes of a Nazi mass murderer who loved his family
Julie Gray
April 30, 2014, 6:56 pm
Julie Gray
Why writing well matters
You may have great tech, but if you don’t present it properly, it won’t get the exposure it deserves
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
July 15, 2012, 5:29 pm
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
If you don’t like it, don’t read it
I write about the things that many feel and few say. And when I put that shit out there, others respond in kind. And then we have something very rare: authenticity
Jen Maidenberg
July 11, 2012, 2:28 pm
Jen Maidenberg
Is blogging ‘bad for the Jews?’
In recent weeks, I’ve been in the minority amongst a crowd of angry readers of The Times of Israel – people who want to tar and feather thinkers for thinking too loud, too obnoxiously, or thinking publicly thoughts that are typically reserved for quiet conversations with friends over espresso
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