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 ...

The Consortium for the Teaching of Hebrew Language and Culture at Brandeis University and the Hebrew Olympiad at Tel Aviv University are pleased to announce the second year of their collaboration.

It was the “Ceasefire Now” poster in Yiddish that was my breaking point. A friend had shared it in her Instagram story, emphasizing the importance of us Jews reclaiming Yiddish as a protest against ...

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 ...

Arabic and Hebrew belong to the Semitic language family, a group of languages spoken primarily throughout North Africa and Southwest Asia, though speakers can be found all around the globe. They are ...

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Israeli politicians tells their own people one thing and English-speakers another, writes a doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago. Then he returned to Israel, and promptly tweeted, “These ...

Every day for about five years, Israeli sisters Reut and Shoham Nistel ran home from school, made themselves sandwiches and plopped down on the couch to watch an Argentine telenovela with Hebrew ...

Professor Vardit Ringvald, PhD is the leading scholar of Hebrew pedagogy. She serves as the Director of the Consortium for The Teaching of Hebrew Language and Culture and as a research professor at ...