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Culture06:31 · Dec 29, 2025

The Day Reality Cracked, and Nobody Cared

By ברק חיימוביץ'
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
The Day Reality Cracked, and Nobody Cared
Editorial illustration generated by baba News — not a photograph of the event.
The story · English

The organizers of Hebrew Book Day warned a hundred years ago, “The next generation will not read Hebrew.”

Spielberg is returning to UFOs, based on a true story. Can school pet corners help a return to routine? It is time to talk about Tzvika Mor’s doctorate. So many psychedelic pop bands sank unfairly into oblivion. And so did this one.

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Trump is only calling for a temporary end to the fighting in Iran, but the lack of a solution in Lebanon is endangering the region, Amos Harel. Lapid, Eisenkot and Golan will not bring salvation. Will the heads of the security establishment dare? Raviv Drucker, opinion.

This is no longer a word that describes what happened, but what there is to fear, Yuanna Gonen, television review.

A 65-year-old billionaire replaced Colbert. Ratings plunged, everyone is happy, Liel Wohl.

A child who visited the Israel Museum vandalized Magritte’s “The Castle of the Pyrenees,” Naama Riba.

I didn’t think that in the middle of life I would fall into such a love affair, Shaked Bashan.

Read the original at Haaretz
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