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Bi-monthly sessions for Hebrew teachers from around the world, in which participants learn from experts in the field of Second Language Acquisition and then tie into methodologies through group ...

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 ...

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 ...

So when Hebrew and Jewish literature are built into a regular state system of school Olympiads, the message is unmistakable.

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 ...

ONLY STUDENTS WHO ENROLLED BEFORE OCTOBER 2011 ARE ELIGIBLE TO MAJOR IN HEBREW! The Hebrew Language and Literature Program of the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies offers instruction in ...

“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 ...

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 Westchester Fairfield Hebrew Academy, a co-educational Jewish day school, is on a 17-acre campus at 270 Lake Ave. Approximately 230 students are enrolled at the school. The school offers a hands ...