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Ofra Offer Oren
Ofra Offer Oren (; born July 4, 1951) is an Israeli writer, poet, blogger, translator and editor. Biography Offer Oren was born in Tel Aviv and raised until the age of ten in the neighborhood of Jaffa. Later, her family moved to the families’ residence in Tel Nof Airbase. She studied at the school in Kidron (a moshav near the airbase) and later at a high School in Rehovot. From 10th to 12th grade, she attended the Jewish Free School (JFS) in London, where her family was on a mission. After returning to Israel, she served as an officer in the Israeli Air Force. Offer Oren is a graduate of the English Literature Department at Tel Aviv University, where she also studied cinema and theater. In addition, she obtained a teaching certificate from Tel Aviv University. For about forty years, Offer Oren taught English, both within the formal education system in Israel (including the prestigious Thelma Yellin School of Arts in Givatayim) and in extracurricular settings. During her teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonnet
A sonnet is a fixed poetic form with a structure traditionally consisting of fourteen lines adhering to a set Rhyme scheme, rhyming scheme. The term derives from the Italian word ''sonetto'' (, from the Latin word ''sonus'', ). Originating in 13th-century Sicily, the sonnet was in time taken up in many European-language areas, mainly to express romantic love at first, although eventually any subject was considered acceptable. Many formal variations were also introduced, including abandonment of the quatorzain limit – and even of rhyme altogether in modern times. Romance languages Sicilian Giacomo da Lentini is credited with the sonnet's invention at the Court of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II in the Sicilian city of Palermo. The Sicilian School of poets who surrounded Lentini then spread the form to the mainland. Those earliest sonnets no longer survive in the original Sicilian language, however, but only after being translated into Tuscan dialect. The form c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metre (poetry)
In poetry, metre ( Commonwealth spelling) or meter ( American spelling; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set of metres alternating in a particular order. The study and the actual use of metres and forms of versification are both known as prosody. (Within linguistics, " prosody" is used in a more general sense that includes not only poetic metre but also the rhythmic aspects of prose, whether formal or informal, that vary from language to language, and sometimes between poetic traditions.) Characteristics An assortment of features can be identified when classifying poetry and its metre. Qualitative versus quantitative metre The metre of most poetry of the Western world and elsewhere is based on patterns of syllables of particular types. The familiar type of metre in English-language poetry is called qualitative metre, with stressed syllables comin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhyme
A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds (usually the exact same phonemes) in the final Stress (linguistics), stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words. Most often, this kind of rhyming (''perfect rhyming'') is consciously used for a musical or aesthetic effect in the final position of Line (poetry), lines within poems or songs. More broadly, a rhyme may also variously refer to other types of similar sounds near the ends of two or more words. Furthermore, the word ''rhyme'' has come to be sometimes used as a pars pro toto, shorthand term for any brief poem, such as a nursery rhyme or Balliol rhyme. Etymology The word derives from or , which might be derived from , a Germanic term meaning "series", or "sequence" attested in Old English (Old English: meaning "enumeration", series", or "numeral") and , ultimately cognate to , ( "number"). Alternatively, the Old French words may derive from , from (, rhythm). The spelling ''rhyme'' (from the original r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Verse
Free verse is an open form of poetry which does not use a prescribed or regular meter or rhyme and tends to follow the rhythm of natural or irregular speech. Free verse encompasses a large range of poetic form, and the distinction between free verse and other forms (such as prose) is often ambiguous. History Though individual examples of English free verse poetry surfaced before the 20th-century (parts of John Milton's '' Samson Agonistes'' or the majority of Walt Whitman's poetry, for example), free verse is generally considered an early 20th century innovation of the late 19th-century French ''vers libre''. T. E. Hulme and F. S. Flint first introduced the form to the London-based Poets' Club in 1909. This later became the heart of the Imagist movement through Flint's advocacy of the genre. Imagism, in the wake of French Symbolism (i.e. vers libre of French Symbolist poets) was the wellspring out of which the main current of Modernism in English flowed. T. S. Eliot later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rezső Kasztner
Rezső Kasztner (; 1906 – 15 March 1957), also known as Rudolf Israel Kastner (), was a Hungarian-Israeli journalist and lawyer who became known for having helped a group of Jews escape from occupied Europe during the Holocaust on the Kastner train. After World War II, he was accused of having failed to inform the majority of Hungarian Jews about the reality of what awaited them in Auschwitz. He was assassinated in 1957 after an Israeli court accused him of having "sold his soul to the devil," a charge that was overturned by the Supreme Court of Israel in 1958."On Trial" ''Time'', July 11, 1955. Kasztner was one of the leaders of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ha'aretz
''Haaretz'' (; originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – , , ) is an Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. The paper is published in Hebrew and English in the Berliner format, and is also available online. In North America, it is published as a weekly newspaper, combining articles from the Friday edition with a roundup from the rest of the week. ''Haaretz'' is Israel's newspaper of record. It is known for its left-wing and liberal stances on domestic and foreign issues. ''Haaretz'' has the third-largest circulation in Israel. It is widely read by international observers, especially in its English edition, and discussed in the international press. According to the Center for Research Libraries, among Israel's daily newspapers, "''Haaretz'' is considered the most influential and respected for both its news coverage and its commentary." History and ownership ''Haaretz'' was first published in 1918 as a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batya Gur
Batya Gur (; 1 September 1947 – 19 May 2005) was an Israeli novelist. Her specialty was detective fiction. She was a 1994 recipient of the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works. Biography Batya Gur was born in Tel Aviv in 1947 to parents who survived the Holocaust. She earned a master's degree in Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Between 1971 and 1975 Batya lived in Greensboro, NC, where she taught Hebrew and Jewish studies to elementary students at the North Carolina Hebrew Academy at Greensboro (now called B'nai Shalom Day School). Before writing her first detective novel at the age of 39, she taught literature at the Hebrew University Secondary School. Gur was also a literary critic for ''Haaretz'' newspaper. Literary career In 1988 she began writing a series starring the character of police detective Michael Ohayon: an educated, pensive, and intellectual detective. Five sequels ensued. The first book was adapted as a film for Israeli tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma'ariv La'noar ''). In 2006, the weekly lost the lead to its competitor, '' Rosh 1''.According to the TGI survey for 2006/2007. Since then, no other survey has been conducted to examine the readers' data in the youth press.
''Ma'ariv La'noar'' (lit. Ma'ariv for the youth; in Hebrew: מעריב לנוער) is an Israeli weekly magazine of the Tzivlin publishing, which appeals to youth. The magazine was first published in 1958 and is considered the first magazine in Israel for youth. In the 1980s, the weekly reached the highest circulation of all time: 100,000 copies, and was one of the two most popular magazines in Israel (alongside ''LaIsha ''La'Isha'' (, "For the Woman") is an Israeli lifestyle magazine for women. It has been published on a weekly basis since 1947, and is owned by Yedioth Ahronoth media group. |
Beit Ariela
Beit Ariela Shaar Zion Library is the central public library in Tel Aviv. History Pre-State The library was founded in 1886 in Jaffa at the initiative of the "Ezrat Israel" society ("Assistance to Israel") – the organization that helped to establish the first Jewish hospital in Jaffa and also initiated the construction of Neve Tzedek neighborhood. The library was named then "A book collection". In 1891 some other communities, such as "Hovevei Zion" ("Lovers of Zion"), "B'nai B'rith" ("Sons of the Covenant") and "B'nei Moshe" ("Sons of Moses") associated in their support for the library, and since then the library changed its name to "Shaar Zion" ("The Gate of Zion"). In 1922 the library gained the status of Municipal Library. In the period from 1921 to 1936, it occupied the Polac building at the intersection of Herzl and Ahad Ha'am streets. Since Israel's independence The library later moved to Ze'ev Gloskin building on Moses Montefiore, Montefiore Street. In the early 60s when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yedioth Ahronot
(, ; lit. "Latest News") is an Israeli daily mass market newspaper published in Tel Aviv. Founded in 1939, is Israel's largest paid newspaper by sales and circulation and has been described as "undoubtedly the country's number-one paper."The Israeli Press Jewish Virtual Library It is published in the tabloid format. It is known as centrist, compared to the left-leaning '''' and right-leaning, distributed-for-free '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
