Orna Coussin

How does racism - often in forms you may never have characterized with that term - manifest itself in Israeli society and its market economy? Let us count the ways

Rice importer Doron Frankenstein explains why Australia's drought and Indian elections affect prices here.

The pieces collected in this book, culled from The Seventh Eye's 12 years of publication, paint the picture of a lazy press that has fallen down on the job.

Can you actually make a living from writing books? Who benefits most from the 'Four books for NIS 100' deal? Writers and publishers offer some insight into the dollars and sense of the local book market

Can you actually make a living from writing books? Who benefits most from the 'Four books for NIS 100' deal? Writers and publishers offer some insight into the dollars and sense of the local book market

Sales, management and PR concerns are among the many nonliterary aspects of the job of editor in chief at a major publishing house. A conversation with Dov Alfon.

Steimatzky's no-frills CEO dispels a few prejudices about the commercialized, non-literary nature of the country's largest bookstore chain and its 'cultural bully' image.

In the interests of journalistic craftsmanship, it is vital to continue the legacy of Arie Caspi's writing, as showcased in this volume.

After 40 years, it seems that the time has come to replace the spoken language about the occupation, the language that approves it by generalizing it, and to start shaking up its content.

The derisive attitude toward Tzipi Livni also teaches us something about how wars are created.

A few months ago, right before I turned 40 and after 20 years of work, I left my position at the newspaper: For the first time in my life, I stopped being an employee. Put it this way: I chose to be free.

Every time Nazareth recuperates, sees the tourists flowing back in and the rouge back on its cheeks, it is struck and sedated.

The only women who appeared on television during the first days of the war in the north were two ministers, an MK from the right and the spokesperson of the Israel Defense Forces.

On seeing Ahuzat Poleg (Poleg Estate) for the first time, one feels a mix of attraction and shock at the growing retirement village for "youngsters aged 60 and over."

At first glance, Dan's Day Care, which will open in June in the Ramat Hahayal high-tech area of northern Tel Aviv, seems to be the right solution to an old problem: balancing motherhood and work.

To mark International Women's Day today, leading publications have listed the world's most influential women. How much of a difference did these women make?

While Swedish parents are supported by a feminist welfare state, Israeli couples are struggling domestically and economically.

Would coffee continue to satisfy our palate - would we sip our java in peace - if we knew that the workers who served it to us suffered from aggressive treatment and exploitative wages?

David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, turned around the financially failing magazine using an inner compass: what interests him was sure to interest his readers.

A ground-breaking force in determining international legal attitudes toward sexual harassment and rape, Prof. Catharine MacKinnon agrees that she has been less successful in fighting pornography.

The time has come to rethink the drug issue: Instead of making all drugs illegal, there should be differentiation between various types of drugs and various types of users.

The ideal of marriage as the expression and embodiment of love is just a fleeting moment in the history of human society.Nevertheless, American gays and lesbians are continuing to fight for the right to marry.

Some have called it "the end of history." Some announced the "fall of the American empire." Perhaps this is their way of trying to hide from the defendant the simple, beautiful truth - the era of the conservative white male is over.

The close connection between femininity and shopping -- especially shopping for fashion, makeup and cosmetics -- is worthy of recognition and unbiased examination.

Progressive trend in Israel: a swift and profound erosion of the official status of marriage.

A study recently published by Trinity College in Dublin confirms what was already widely known: that '4x4s' are among the most dangerous vehicles on the road.

The mass appearance of AM:PM chain stores on every corner is doing more than just making business difficult for the smaller stores; it is harming the unique and diverse cultures of Tel Aviv.

Parents who choose to give their children a drug against restlessness should consider the personal price - philosophical and psychological - at which this enforced quiet is purchased.

In Israel, legislation relating to drugs is patronizing legislation: The law is saving the public from itself. The legislator is deciding for the public, for its own good.

If a city like Tel Aviv wishes to live, it must not sit idly by. The city's leaders should find a way to give incentives to small shops, make things easier on them, improve access to them, and attract shoppers to urban neighborhoods. The city must be protected from the forces threatening it.