The revival of Hebrew in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is often flattened into a tidy legend centered on Eliezer Ben ...

Hamas has targeted many Israelis with a spate of threatening Hebrew-language text messages. But one recipient — Elizabeth Tsurkov, who works for the Israeli NGO Hotline for Refugees and Migrants — is ...

Denise Lockett, an African American and Catholic grandmother, sat in the lobby of a District charter school waiting to deliver lunch to her 9-year-old grandson. “I’m Kobe’s savta,” she said with a ...

Some Hebrew students face a difficult task: describing themselves or what they are doing, partly due to the language’s strict gender rules. But thanks to a CU Boulder student and an instructor, a ...

Shalom ברוכים הבאים and welcome to the Hebrew Language, Literature, and Culture program at Brandeis! Our program offers close to twenty beginning, intermediate, and advanced level courses to promote ...

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It’s common for young Jews to study Hebrew until the age of 13 — and then never interact with the language again. Hebrew school students learn the alphabet, but often have little understanding of what ...

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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 ...