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The Making of Modern Hebrew. Two books on the revival of an ancient tongue. November 22, 2008. By Yehudah Mirsky.

Kayitz Kef/Hebrew at Camp gives American Jewish youth the ability to converse in Modern Israeli Hebrew and to own contemporary Israeli culture as part of who they are. Hebrew provides rich and ...

And, by immersing yourself in modern Hebrew, you can deepen your connection to Israel and its culture, finding solace and understanding during this turbulent time.

Hebrew revivalists chose a difficult way of life by speaking only Hebrew, before it could meet the needs of modern life. Gradually, the language was standardized in the early 20th century.

The event will take place in the Steinhardt Hall Auditorium at Penn Hillel. Credit: Hannah Lazar Gil Hovav — the great-grandson of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the founder of modern Hebrew — will speak at an ...

Modern Hebrew uses the prefix B-to indicate inside, but the Hebrew Bible uses B-for upon. BeHar Sinai means upon Mount Sinai, not in. ‘Al haYe’or means next to the canal.

A JEWISH SINGER.; A MODERN HEBREW POET. The Life and Writings of Moses Chaim Luzzato. By A.S. ISAACS, A.M. New-York: The Jewish Messenger, 1878.

All the modern translators labour under the misapprehension that the reference is to a garment — thus the Jerusalem Bible has “what they wore”; the Jewish Publication Society (telescoping ...

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 ...