Writing
Writing to heal: How putting trauma on paper can restore clarity
From trauma to self-understanding, intuitive writing offers a structured way to process emotion, reduce distress, and restore clarity
'Your story is too Jewish': Inside publishing's dirty open secret - from the editor
40,000-year-old markings may be the roots of script
Lauren Adilev: from everywhere to Kiryat Arba
'The Literary Mafia': The myth that Jews control publishing - review
Did the Jews act mafia-style to promote their own, perhaps swinging the votes of those National Book Award juries? According to author Josh Lambert: No.
The Fugitive, Part 2 - short story
The lead item on the Israeli TV news displayed a photograph of a young, haredi man with a black beard and peyot. There was no mistaking who it was: Elior!
Return to Caesarea - short story
A highlight of the trip was visiting the once Roman capital of Caesarea. Situated by the Mediterranean Sea, Caesarea is built on sand dunes and ancient ruins.
Students cheat in college exams. This new development will end the phenomenon
New software from the Originality company can help academic institutions identify non-original, plagiarized exams and papers.
Zibby Owens: The New York woman upending the publishing scene
The book-fluencer's children’s book is a telling look into her psyche and what has driven her so far in life.
Dorothy Parker: Witty, wise, wistful and wonderful
I wish I could have met her, just once, held her hand and whispered, “I understand.”
Plagiarists beware: Copyleaks is coming for you with $6m. in hand
The Israeli AI-driven platform can detect writers’ stylistic ‘voices,’ and detect misuse of their work in other texts.
Purim: A poem for the Jewish holiday
The poem reflects Paul Celan’s sense of an ultimatum and yet also a lightness that sometimes surprises, especially at the end of “The Meridian.”
A writer's experience with cancel culture
While there is a lot of horrible language that deserves to be challenged and even canceled, it has created a climate of fear for writers like me.
Benjamin Netanyahu is working on his third book
Writing a memoir at the end of one's career is a highly lucrative practice in the political field, and American publishers tend to pay large sums for books written by major world leaders.
