family & society
2025
Burqa, Veil, Niqab, Hijab & More: What They Covered — And What They Tried to Hide
If you’ve found yourself confused between burqa, hijab, niqab, chador, veil, and other names that sound more like postcolonial fusion restaurant menus than clothing items — you’re not alone.
If you wonder why some women cover their faces, hair, bodies, or everything, including their eyes — and you still have to pretend it’s a “free choice” — you already live in the liberal West of the 21st century, where reason has succumbed to relativism, and “women’s liberation” includes the right to proudly walk into the sack.
🦁 Lion of Judah
So true, we are a sweaty, loud, messy people.
But also a people with a heart the size of a Negev, and courage the size of an entire country.
The Young Generation of Israel 🌱: A Role Model for the West
It’s not that they are heroes despite what they were taught. They are heroes because of what they were taught — love of country, tradition, responsibility, honor. Values that are considered social shame today in the West, here they are the entry ticket to life itself.
✯ The Druze of Israel: More Zionist Than the Jews, Yet Forgotten in the Planning Committee
The Druze don’t need us to cheer them on Memorial Day or when a Druze officer falls in battle.
They need – like every citizen – to be treated with respect even when it’s unpleasant, even when there are no cameras, and even when there is a planning and building committee.
How to Argue Properly: A Guide for Couples Who Like to Fight in Style
Relationships, like cheese, start out smooth and delicious – until they start to stink. Fights, contrary to what is taught in marriage counseling courses and for beginners in relationships, are not a glitch. They are not a glitch – they are a lifestyle. An art. A way to express feelings, vent frustrations, and remind your partner that you exist, that you are not satisfied, and that you actually remember what happened at his sister’s wedding exactly five years ago.
Israel – A Nation of Superheroes
Superpowers? We have them. Survivability? Plenty. Bizarre costumes? Every Friday morning in central Tel Aviv.
And who needs Marvel when you have the guy from the neighborhood who insists on fixing the air conditioner with flip-flops?
