Parenting, work, and the early years — narrated.
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39 and a 1/2 Hours in Dubrovnik
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We don't need another warning about screens
Welcome back to Techno Sapiens! I’m Jacqueline Nesi, a psychologist, professor at Brown, and mom of three. Surgeon General’s advisory on screen time that came out last week.
Walking Through Life at a Human Pace
My friend Isaac Fitzgerald released a gorgeous book this week that is one of my top picks for a Father’s Day gift. And because of that I’m giving away a copy to one lucky US Winner.
5 Ways to Start Collecting Art Without Feeling Intimidated
For a long time I was totally convinced there was some invisible velvet rope around the art world.
Timeline Game: Do you know the history of these universities in order?
__DEGRADED__ Bologna to the Internet. Six milestones in the history of higher education — can you put them in the right order? → Play Edition 2: History of Universities The Future of Education is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Paid subscribers receive unlimited access to My Delphi.
Thalia
__DEGRADED__ Thalia is graceful and timeless, with a one-of-a-kind sound. Greek mythology girl names like Phoebe and Athena are having a moment, but Thalia — one of the Three Graces, and a Muse of comedy and poetry — is something of an underdog. The name rose sharply in the early 1990s, and has been present in the Top 1000 ever since, never overly popular, but never dropping away either. The initial Th- sound makes it pretty unusual among girl names. There is only one Th- name in the US Top 500 — Thea — and the next after that is Thalia itself. I’ve also heard it pronounced with a “T” sound, like Talia, linking it with this sweet multicultural name.
The New Season of ‘Fauda’ Tackles October 7
__DEGRADED__ October 7 pulled the rug out from under so many feet and shattered so many conceptions of reality. In the new season of “Fauda,” which was completely rewritten after the day’s events and the ensuing war, Doron Kabilio (played by Lior Raz), the covert operative and hero of the international hit show, is trying to piece together what happened on that day. I mean that quite literally: He seems to have lost all recollection of everything that happened to him on October 7 itself. Here’s what we know about the season so far: Season five premiered in Israel on Yes on May 18, and is currently airing weekly. It is slated to come to Netflix, though no release date has been announced. Like the actor who plays him, Doron rushed down South to the Gaza border to help where he could. After an injury, he lost all memory of what exactly occurred in the eight hours he spent there; the only thing he remembers is the “distinct smell of flesh.” Two years later, he joins Steve (Doron Ben-David) and Eli (Yaakov Zada-Daniel) on a mission for revenge — reluctantly. When Captain Ayub pulls him back into the mission, Doron is dealing with PTSD. It’s very much a “just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” moment. Much of season five doesn’t seem to take place in Israel. Like previous seasons, “Fauda” goes international. Doron, Steve, Eli and Salem (Bian Anteer’s new character, a Bedouin from Rahat whose son was murdered on October 7), are hunting down October 7 perpetrators in Marseilles, France. They are on a private “off grid” revenge mission to find the Hamas operative responsible for the killing of their loved ones; Eli’s wife and children were also viciously killed on October 7. Doron, however, firmly believes that revenge will not bring anyone’s loved ones back, even if he reluctantly joins the mission. In Marseilles, Doron meets Melanie Laurent’s Anne. The “Inglourious Basterds” actress long dreamed of acting in “Fauda,” and called the experience a “dream.” This season not only takes on the events of October 7, showing them in graphic details, but also the anti-war protests outside of Israel. It was shot in Budapest and also in the area of the Gaza envelope (to the protest of locals, who felt that shooting the show on the grounds of trauma would actually trigger PTSD for those still dealing with the visceral aftermath of that day). It seems to be a season that centers trauma and revenge. The answer to that is no. While some of the hostages who returned from Gaza did visit the set of the show last year, the show’s writers and producers, who were writing the script for the season while the hostages still hadn’t all returned, decided to avoid the topic. “We’re not prophets, we couldn’t guess what the reality would be like when the season came out,” producer Liat Benasuly told Makor Rishon. “We didn’t touch sensitive subjects like the hostages and their families when everything outside was [still] burning.” Aside from the season being completely rewritten, one of the show’s stars, Idam Amedi, was injured in action during the Israel-Hamas war. He only stars in one scene this season. The first episode of this season is dedicated to Matan Meir, who worked on the show, and was killed in action during the war, and the partner of co-creator Avi Issacharoff’s stepdaughter, who also lost his life during the war. Benasuly said it took a while for that rewrite to happen — “for a few months, we put everything to the side,” she explained. “This isn’t another season, it’s the season of post October 7, and we’re all still under the influence of October 7,” Issacharoff said in an interview. On social media, he shared that this is the season the creators are perhaps most proud of, and that it’s hoping to bring the pain of October 7 to the world. “There was a day of shooting in which we focuesd on what happened to the characters on October 7. We left it broken and shattered… At a certain point, I felt like I couldn’t be there. To speak these texts, to experience these experiences. It was hard not just for the actors, but for me and the creators in the editing room who watch these scenes over and over again,” Benasuly recalled. A Walla review said that this might be the show’s best season. A Haaretz review gives the new season two stars, calling the writing lackluster at times and saying that after watching the first couple of episodes, one is left with a sense of queasiness. Over at Mako, reviewers praised Laurent’s performance and the show’s cinematography. Israel Hayom called it “the season of revenge Israel asked for.” Time Out review also stressed that in this new season, “Fauda” gives up some of its complexities and two-sidedness, and worried that this new season, which brings forth unbridled Israeli pain, might be less popular than its previous ones abroad, since the world has so little room for that pain. Can we ask? Keep Jewish joy accessible to all. Reader donations help us do just that.
How to raise a kid who gives a damn (without telling them what to think)
When my son was in fourth grade, he came home furious about music class. Not in a I-don’t-want-to-practice way, but in a this-is-an-injustice way.
Attention: Stoner Nature Lovers and Adventure Travelers...
If you missed part one of my recap of Argentina, I covered my time Buenos Aires, but the real reason for the season of my trip was to explore the raw nature of Patagonia.
What I've Been Konsuming...
I am always thirsting for recommendations when it comes to content so here are a some things that I have been taking in so far this year: Alone Season S11: I love watching this show because in my brai…
GLP-1 series #10: Do I just really like ice cream or is this something more...
If you have ever finished the bread basket and then asked the judgey waiter for a refill, if your version of a serving size for Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies is 1 box, if you have ever hid wrappers in…
Jessie Loves: 50 Pieces Of Advice For My 50th Birthday
As the youngest in my family, I tend to walk into every room with that “I’m the youngest person here” attitude. To say it’s been disorienting to be this old is an understatement.
Jessie Loves: The 10 Most Inspiring Hotels I've Ever Visited
I’m looking back on some of the most beautiful places I have ever stayed in this issue of Jessie Loves.
