apathy – what’s the Hebrew word?
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Apathy can be dangerous, especially regarding things like the Holocaust and people like Gilad Shalit (גִּלְעַד שָׁלִיט). Apathy tends to go against the basic human need/function of love.
The Hebrew word for apathy is אֲדִישׁוּת (ah-dee-SHOOT). You might describe a man as אָדִיש (ah-DEESH) or a woman as אֲדִישָׁה (ah-dee-SHAH).
See if you can get the gist of what Gilad is saying in this video, with a cover of Shlomo Artzi’s song, אֲנַחְנוּ לֹא צְרִיכִים (ah-NAKH-noo loh tsree-KHEEM – we don’t need):
