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 ...

They need to understand that learning a foreign language is a life-long endeavor. The following is a description of specific outcome goals for each unit we teach during the first semester (5 units - ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s 10:30 on a sunny spring morning at Ben Porat Yosef: The Sephardic Yeshiva of Bergen County, and the 3-year-olds are seated at low tables, nibbling on animal crackers. Surrounded by books, toys ...

The growing trend of Hebrew-immersion day camps offer children a chance to learn Hebrew while engaging in summer fun. NEW YORK (JTA) — It used to be that parents who wanted to expose their children to ...

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 ...

If you’re traveling soon to a place where you don’t know the language well (or at all), then you’ll want to download a language learning app to your smartphone before you embark on your journey. 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 ...

When the Hebrew Language Olympiad presents the awards to its 2025 winners in Jerusalem on Friday, one unlikely champ will accept his via a video call from Egypt. Mahmoud, who is Muslim, joined the ...