An Israeli tourist was assaulted in Berlin on Sept. 9 as he was speaking to three other men in Hebrew, the Jerusalem Post reports. The tourist was conversing with the three men outside of a nightclub ...

Israeli scholarship is widely cited the world over. But if state linguists have their way, much of that research will become a whole lot less accessible to those who don’t speak Hebrew. The Academy of ...

“From the moment I arrived in Israel, I hated the people who forced me to speak Hebrew,” wrote Aharon Appelfeld in his memoir, “The Story of a Life.” Appelfeld’s mother tongue was German. “The effort ...

The 11th annual Kinus Mechanchos Chabad taking place on the 21-22 Av / August 4-5 in Stamford, CT, will feature a track of ...

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This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. For the past 643 consecutive ...

For nearly 2,000 years, Hebrew was a dead language. But in the 19th and 20th centuries, this liturgical language made a comeback as a modern tongue. Its revival is unprecedented, said Nancy Berg, a ...

An ulpan, “Israel’s mainstay of intensive Hebrew instruction,” first arrived at the University of San Francisco in 1998, ...

Ready for a Hebrew challenge? Join Aline as we dive into Genesis 12:3, learn fun biblical phrases, and uncover cool facts about the Hebrew language, including the story behind Abraham’s name. Can you ...

DEERFIELD, Ill. (JTA) — Nathan Rosen’s favorite day in Hebrew class is culture day. Every Friday, the students learn about one aspect of Israeli culture. Earlier this year Rosen, 13, did a ...

According to a 2017 Pew Research Center poll, many people believe language is “the core of national identity.” More than 70 percent of the population of the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan ...