how to say “summer” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  קַיִץ     Spring, in Hebrew, is אָבִיב (ah-VEEV); Passover is חַג הָאָבִיב (khahg hah-ah-VEEV).   Today was a gorgeous יוֹם אָבִיבִי (yohm ah-vee-VEE) – spring day – here in Jerusalem. It was quite warm… but not quite hot, with the sun shining, the flowers blooming, and the city getting excited for the national holidays בַּפֶּתַח…

how to say “continuity” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

  הֶמְשֵׁכִיּוּת   In honor of יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה (yohm hah-shoh-AH) – Holocaust Memorial Day… in reverence of the six million. My grandfather was one of many youth leaders in Budapest in 1948 who operated underground in a tireless effort to rescue Jews of Hungary from the grips of the Nazi expulsion and extermination. His parents…