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From First Aliyah history to cows on the trail at Ramat Hanadiv, Tsafi shows us the town she grew up in and keeps returning to
Tsafi Katz
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4 min read
Cheli spent three years in a small German city that became home. Here’s her goodbye
Cheli Bloch
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4 min read
Alon grew up between Brazil and Israel, and shares the Belo Horizonte only a local would know
Alon Yehezkel
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4 min read
A Hebrew student shares the tea, trails, and legends of central Taiwan
Peter Sun
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3 min read
Four years ago Roy arrived with a saxophone and a student visa, this is his city.
Roy Ben Chimol
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6 min read
Daniella Tourgeman grew up in Ein Hod, and never truly left. A personal tour of its ancient olive trees, artists, and the magic that keeps pulling her back.
Daniella Tourgeman
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5 min read
Yonatan came for film school. Five years and three neighborhoods later, here’s the city he knows by heart.
Yonatan Shiray
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5 min read
Lior went searching for quiet, sunshine, and waves. She found all three — here’s her Byron Bay
Lior Kedem
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5 min read
Sarah Blank takes us through the city she called home for eight years. Here’s her LA.
Sarah Blank
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5 min read
Sahar Axel takes us through the city that became her unexpected home — here’s her Stockholm
Sahar Axel
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4 min read
Tsafi Katz
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4 min read
From First Aliyah history to cows on the trail at Ramat Hanadiv, Tsafi shows us the town she grew up in and keeps returning to
Cheli Bloch
|
4 min read
Cheli spent three years in a small German city that became home. Here’s her goodbye
Alon Yehezkel
|
4 min read
Alon grew up between Brazil and Israel, and shares the Belo Horizonte only a local would know
Peter Sun
|
3 min read
A Hebrew student shares the tea, trails, and legends of central Taiwan
Roy Ben Chimol
|
6 min read
Four years ago Roy arrived with a saxophone and a student visa, this is his city.
Daniella Tourgeman
|
5 min read
Daniella Tourgeman grew up in Ein Hod, and never truly left. A personal tour of its ancient olive trees, artists, and the magic that keeps pulling her back.
Yonatan Shiray
|
5 min read
Yonatan came for film school. Five years and three neighborhoods later, here’s the city he knows by heart.
Lior Kedem
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5 min read
Lior went searching for quiet, sunshine, and waves. She found all three — here’s her Byron Bay
Sarah Blank
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5 min read
Sarah Blank takes us through the city she called home for eight years. Here’s her LA.
Sahar Axel
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4 min read
Sahar Axel takes us through the city that became her unexpected home — here’s her Stockholm
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Hebrew Nugget:

Stone Alleys and Wine Cellars: Tsafi’s Zichron Yaakov

The past year has been an emotional rollercoaster – moving from the shock, pain, and sadness of unimaginable events to the moments of hope we felt with each hostage coming home, each family reunited, and every soldier returning safely. Alongside this, we’ve found countless reasons to be grateful – for the incredible outpouring of support from civilians, and for the things we still hold dear, like our families, our partners, and our community. But these feelings are always mixed with the ache and despair that everyone in Israel still carries, even now.
I’d say the best way to describe how everyone around me is feeling is רגשות מעורבים (reh-gah-shoht meh-oh-rah-veem), which means “mixed emotions.” רגש (reh-gehsh) means “an emotion” in singular, but in plural, רגשות, it might sound feminine with the “OHT” ending. But here’s the catch: this doesn’t change the gender of the noun or the adjective that follows, which still matches the singular form. So, it’s מעורבים and not מעורבות. It’s just one of those quirks of Hebrew that’s tricky to explain.