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Ruvik Rosental

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Ruvik (Reuven) Rosental, journalist, author and editor, was born in Tel Aviv in 1945 and still lives there today. He writes for the mass circulation daily Maariv and has also been editor of the op-ed section. He is the chairman of journalism studies at the Open University and editor of the Teachers’ Association periodical, Panim. His weekly column, “The Language Arena”, makes him Israel’s best-known writer on language in the media, and he is often interviewed on language issues on TV and the radio. Rosental was awarded the Sokolov Prize for Journalism (2004) and the Rishon LeZion Prize for Creativity in Hebrew Language (2014).

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  • The Alphabet War

    [Milchemet Ha-Otiyot]
    Children
    Keter 2017

  • Soldier's Muse: The Unofficial Dictionary of the Israeli Army

    [Sefer Ha-Pazamnik: Ha-Milon Ha-Tzva'i Ha-Lo Rishmi]
    Keter 2015

  • Noam's Shop of Words

    [Chanut Ha-Milim Shel Noam]
    Children Picture book
    Keter 2014; 2017

  • The Miraculous Journey to the Castle of the No

    [Ha-Masa Ha-Mufla La-Achuzat Lo Ha-Gdola]
    Children
    Keter 2012

  • The Miraculous Journey to the Land of Words

    [Ha-Masa Ha-Mufla Le-Eretz Ha-Milim]
    Children
    Keter 2011

  • Dictionary of Hebrew Idioms and Phrases

    [Milon Ha-Tzeirufim]
    Keter 2009

  • Days of Light and Magic: A Hundred and One Tales of the Early Years of Tel Aviv

    [Ha-Or Ve-Ha-Kesem: Tel-Aviv Shel Paʹam - 101 Sipurim]
    Yedioth Ahronoth 2009

  • The Lexicon of Life

    [Ha-Lexicon Shel Ha-Chaim]
    Keter 2007

  • Dictionary of Israeli Slang

    [Milon Ha-Slang Ha-Mekif]
    Keter 2005

  • The Joy of Language

    [Chedvat Ha-Lashon]
    Non Fiction
    Am Oved 2004

  • Uncle Erich

    [Rechov Ha-Prachim 22]
    Fiction
    Keter 2003

  • The Language Arena, Portrait of the Israeli Hebrew

    [Ha-Zira Ha-Leshonit: Diukan Ha-Ivrit Ha-Israelit]
    Non Fiction
    Am Oved 2001

  • Is Bereavement Dead?

    [Haim Ha-Shchol Met?]
    Non Fiction
    Keter 2001

  • Kafr Kassem Massacre: Myth and History

    [Kfar Kassem: Iruim Ve-Mitos]
    Non Fiction
    Hakibbutz Hameuchad 2000

  • The Beaufort Family

    [Mishpachat Ha-Befor]
    Non Fiction
    Sifriat Poalim 1989

  • Silent Scream, the Life and Death of Eran Shacham

    [Tza`aka Shketa: Cha`iav Ve-Moto Shel Eran Shacham]
    Non Fiction
    Sifriat Poalim 1987

  • The Kibbutz in the Age of Doubt

    [Ha-Kibbutz Be-Idan Ha-Safek]
    Non Fiction
    Sifriat Poalim 1980