PinnedJonathan Orr-StavThe Camel in the RoomIsrael’s real, hard-nut obstacle to peace·21 min read·Dec 23, 2023----
PinnedJonathan Orr-StavViewing the Israel-Gaza War from the Israelis’ Perspective is Instructive3 min read·Nov 11, 2023----
Jonathan Orr-StavThe Nine Stages of Expatriate LifeExhiliration: When you arrive and go to a local eatery and order your first national drink and dish in the warm sunshine, and think to…·2 min read·Oct 11, 2023----
Jonathan Orr-StavThings you learn from reading the Hebrew Bible every day: № 52The sheer number of expressions that are part of everyday speech and writing in modern Hebrew — many of which most native Hebrew speakers…·2 min read·Sep 15, 2023----
Jonathan Orr-StavThe cyclical logic of the prepositions in-at-on in EnglishTo non-native English speakers, the proper preposition appears at times to be unpredictable, but in fact, it follows a certain cyclical…·1 min read·Aug 22, 2023----
Jonathan Orr-StavWhen swearing helps national reconciliationAs a student in London many years ago, I shared a workspace for a while with a Syrian student by name of Mahmood.·3 min read·Aug 15, 2023----
Jonathan Orr-StavFurther spooky insights of dictation softwareHere is another set of ghost-in-the-machine-like insights of dictation software, which I first talked about in March 2021.·2 min read·Aug 8, 2023----
Jonathan Orr-StavEvidence of the birth of the alphabet and the Exodus—in a single graffitiIn the winter of 1904–05, at an archaeological dig at an ancient Egyptian turquoise mining site in southwestern Sinai that is now known by…·4 min read·Jun 29, 2023----
Jonathan Orr-StavQ&A: Why does the grammar of the Modern Hebrew differ from the grammar of the Classical Hebrew?OK, first of all—breathe. You may think you’ve stumbled on some great truth or vast conspiracy that no one’s noticed before, but you…·3 min read·Jun 25, 2023----