The Academy of the Hebrew Language “determines the need for new Hebrew words through both professional demand and public inquiry,” its academic secretary told JNS.The post To refer to ‘deep ...

Almost a decade ago, a group of women from the Arab Jerusalem neighborhood of Isawiya looked for a program where they could study Hebrew. They didn't find anything appropriate and ended up inviting ...

Timnit Ftwi, a 23-year-old Eritrean asylum seeker in Israel, speaks fluent Hebrew, which she picked up through her job as a house cleaner. But up until recently, she could hardly read or write in the ...

Israeli scholarship is widely cited the world over. But if state linguists have their way, much of that research will become a whole lot less accessible to those who don’t speak Hebrew. The Academy of ...

Recently, the Jewish Agency introduced an aliyah project aimed specifically at South African couples aged 60+ with family ...

Eighth graders at the Hebrew Language Academy in Brooklyn are headed to Israel for a 10-day trip. But this is not your typical Jewish identity-building experience. NEW YORK (JTA) — On her first trip ...