Things I Keep to Myself

Gadi Taub

1992

I really like it when it rains in the morning, before school, because then, there’s this atmosphere of winter. Outside, it’s cloudy and pretty dark, and in the classroom and hallways you suddenly notice the electric lights, which you hardly pay attention to on a normal day. In the hallways, there’s mud and boot tracks, and all the coats of all the…

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Gadi Taub

b. 1965

Gadi Taub is a journalist, editor, and American history scholar, born in Jerusalem. He has published books for children and writes about politics as a columnist for Maariv. Taub teaches at the Hebrew University and is a coeditor of the literary periodical Mikarov. His children’s book, Hamekhashefah mireḥov Melts’et (The Witch of Three Melchett Street; 2000) has been translated and adapted for television and theater. In 2001, Taub received the Zeev Award.

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