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The remarkable linguistics of Israel’s beloved American gym bubbe

Before I had even managed to settle down for my first Zoom meeting on Monday morning, I had already received several messages from friends and colleagues alerting me to the clip of Effie Hertzke, an 81-year-old woman being interviewed on Israeli television after receiving her Covid-19 vaccine. Bedecked with large dangling earrings, a shirt with “BADGIRLS” […]