A nonprofit that launches modern-Hebrew-language public schools is hoping New Haven gets a chance to offer that greeting. The New York-based nonprofit, Hebrew Public, is working to finish an ...

The minor in Hebrew Language, Literature, and Culture aims to bring students to an advanced level of proficiency in Hebrew and offer a strong background in Hebrew culture and literature. Students in ...

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 ...

Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2012) M.S.T., Jewish Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (2008) M.A., Comparative ...

The Hebrew Language & Culture Fellowship is an opportunity for undergraduate students who are proficient in Hebrew to gain professional experience teaching Modern Hebrew at a local Jewish day school.

Stephen Black wanted to study Hebrew in high school. But despite the sizable Jewish community in his New Jersey hometown, Black’s public school didn’t offer Hebrew classes, so he settled for Spanish ...

One of the curiosities in “The Story of Hebrew” by Lewis Glinert (Princeton University Press) is that the author manages to write a history of the Hebrew language without using a single Hebrew letter ...

A new illustrated children’s book tells the story of a Jewish boy who has no friends and whose parents won’t let him play with anyone, fearful that other children actually may talk to him. He doesn’t ...

A prominent specialist in Semitic languages, Muraoka was proud to describe himself as the first Japanese student to complete a PhD at the Hebrew University The post Takamitsu Muraoka, Japanese pioneer ...

This is an obvious and somewhat incomprehensible mistake, as can be attested to by the Mishnah (Sotah 7:2), which states that certain passages must be recited in Lashon HaKodesh, among them Mikra ...