Nostalgia Sunday Hebrew Us 86th
This past Friday, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem celebrated its 86th anniversary. Founded in 1925, Hebrew U. (also known familiarly as HUJI) over the years, it has developed into a world center of...
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The Weekly Schmooze: Matza in the house
A Jpost column wrapping up the hottest Jewish culture news worldwide: Pessah parodies; The Hebrew Hammer makes music.
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The Jewish leaders of the future?
The rising Jewish stars will be better educated, fluent in English and Hebrew and include more women, according to the following list.
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Taunton Hebrew teacher's trip to Israel offered new perspective on life –...
Taunton Hebrew teacher’s trip to Israel offered new perspective on lifeTaunton Daily GazetteJoshua Butler, a Hebrew teacher at Agudath Achim, recently took a 10-day trip to Israel. He came across this...
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Dancing between two worlds
As a teacher, translator and writer Evan Fallenberg serves as a bridge of sorts between the oft-disconnected English and Hebrew literary communities
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The Lord vs. the iPad
In perhaps one of the most asinine attacks on modern society I’ve come across lately, the Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth, Lord Jonathan Sacks has come out swinging against the late Steve Jobs,...
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What Convinced Ben-Yehuda That Hebrew Could Be Revived?
During the past millennium and a half, Hebrew was used by Jews mainly as a literary language (and, in fact, as the sole literary language). However, Jews did use Hebrew in speech as well, when it was...
View ArticleWanted: Dead, Alive or Hebrew
As is commonly known, Hebrew was a dead language for close to 2000 years. As Israeli linguist Chaim Rabin explains: The speaking of Hebrew ceased about 200 CE (…) Since 1881 Hebrew again became a...
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