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hebrew
‘The Story of Hebrew’ is a scholarly, engaging history of the language
Hebrew Word of the Week: sliHah
A major concept of the High Holy Days is forgiveness. What do we do when we forgive?
Can’t or won’t learn Hebrew?
Novelist Dara Horn recently asked, “Why don’t more American Jews learn Hebrew?” Her answer: “The reason American Jews don’t learn Hebrew is because they think they can’t.”
Ben Yehuda’s nightmare
In Israel, every crappy situation can be turned into an opportunity.
Honing Hebrew hilariously
Even the most ardent supporters of Israel might wish at times that its inhabitants had chosen an easier language … like, say, English.
Walker refuses to authorize Hebrew ‘Color Purple’
The author of the “Color Purple” refused to authorize a Hebrew translation of her prize-winning work, citing what she called Israel’s “Apartheid state.”
Hebrew Bible published In Eskimo language
After a 34-year translation project, the Hebrew Bible and New Testament were published for the first time this week in an Eskimo language.
Hollywood gets lessons in the nuances of Hebrew
Some time ago, I was invited to a dinner here in Israel attended by a delegation of film people from Los Angeles. During the meal, one successful documentary director asked me a question: Could I think of any Hebrew words that have no equivalent in English?
An excellent question, and even though I was sure there were many such words, the only two I could think of actually do have English equivalents, except that in Hebrew — or maybe it would be more accurate to say \”in Israeli\” — they carry completely different values.