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CLOSTER — After a bit of work to iron out difficulties, the Closter Public Library has added a Hebrew language book collection to its shelves. The collection had been requested by residents of Israeli ...

In the past few months, I have encountered three new English-language books that all have Hebrew in them. Though it’s become fairly common for English language books to contain snippets of 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 ...

CLOSTER — Library officials will meet with residents of Israeli heritage who have been requesting a Hebrew language book section in the library, in an effort to overcome roadblocks. The group of about ...

The Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture Program welcomes distinguished artists and guest speakers to our classes throughout the year, representing a diverse array of professions and expertise. For ...

When Myra Clark-Siegel, wife of Israeli Consulate General David Siegel, packed their things for their Los Angeles mission, she sacrificed a few items. But she couldn’t leave behind her children’s ...

“A few days ago I was walking in Jerusalem, and in one alley . . . I sensed, there was, the smell of wet fabrics after an ironing,” the Israeli novelist Amos Oz once said in an interview. It was “a ...

New subsidized publishing venture holds out hope for greater literary visibility here. Last year, a scandal erupted in Israel over the winner of the Sapir Prize, the country’s top literary award. The ...

For word nerds, the Book of Esther contains a special treat — the longest word in the Tanakh. Technically, v’ha’achshadrapanim and its eleven letters makes it the length champion of the entire Hebrew ...

Prof. Vardit Ringvald returned once again to the international conference of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH), which took place in London in June 2025. Prof. Ringvald presented ...