Writing

What Tisha B’Av can teach about the silencing, and creative defiance, of Jewish writers - opinion

Our writers and artists create out of the conviction that we must do justice to our suffering, to our losses. That we must create a future for which we have already sacrificed so much.

 Hebrew Typewriter
DR. DANIEL ORLIEVSKY (left) and his team use the Phaedrus Approach to teach students on the spectrum how to communicate.

How writing can help some people with autism find their voice

The Ararat program at the National Library of Israel.

Writing to heal: How putting trauma on paper can restore clarity

As antisemitism rises in publishing, Jewish and Israeli writers are confronting rejection, backlash, and growing pressure to silence their voices.

'Your story is too Jewish': Inside publishing's dirty open secret - from the editor


The best books of 2022-2023 - opinion

My fifth annual list of favorite books on Israeli, Jewish and other matters, ranging from diplomacy to Torah commentary.

 CUSTOMERS REVIEW the shelves at a Jerusalem bookstore.

Beneath the surface: A history of water expressions and phrases

The English language is awash with terms and expressions that are related to water. Let’s dive in and explore the sources of some familiar idioms, expressions and trends.

 A view of the Hualcan glacier in Peru, home to more than 70 percent of the world’s tropical glaciers, which are a source of fresh water for millions.

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Can you use AI to work for you or is it copyright infringement?

Who owns the rights to the commercial sale of AI products, the user or the creators of the software?

 Illustrative image of copyright.

Move over, ChatGPT: Israeli start-up AI21 Labs' AI to cite sources

This addresses something that the AI21 team refers to as "the Achilles' heel of AI-generated text," which is a lack of sources and the chance of factual error.

 Artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT are changing the world (Illustrative).

My Word: A battle of words and artificial intelligence

ChatGPT clearly has some ability to write and might truly work one future day - but for now, I’m determined to have the last word.

 A child climbs onto a giant fake keyboard, Illustrative file photo. The ChatGPT3 AI program opens a brave new world.

Amateur archaeologist uncovers 20,000-year-old ‘writing’ system

The researcher, Ben Bacon, found that cave drawings were used to record details about the timing of animal reproductive cycles.

The Wilkins Building at University College London, London, England

Generative AI: the new tech helping us write, imagine and create

The release of AI21 Labs’ Wordtune for iOS is the latest release to highlight the vast spectrum of use cases for Generative AI.

 Photo: (left to right) AI21 Labs co-founder and co-CEO Yoav Shoham; co-founder and co-CEO Ori Goshen; co-founder and chairman Amnon Sha'ashua

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Read what the winners of a teen essay contest have to say

A group of 12 teen judges evenly divided between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the United States selected the best three submissions from each society for publication.

 Person writing (illustrative)