Eliezer Ben-Yehuda was the father of modern Hebrew. He was also the father of Ittamar Ben-Avi, who had his own ideas. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the late inventor of modern Hebrew, was feted recently in his ...

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 ...

A century after the birth of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel — one of the most influential Jewish scholars, theologians, and civil rights activists of the 20th century — religious leaders, academics, and ...

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Leading scholars of Modern Hebrew have formulated various descriptions of its derivational apparatus. Analyzing the components of these descriptions, their standpoints, and the linguistic approaches ...

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Gil Hovav — the great-grandson of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the founder of modern Hebrew — will speak at an event today about his family’s legacy and impact on history, language, and Judaism. Hovav, an ...

Regularization is a process of linguistic reduction through the elimination of variants. Regularization processes occur naturally during language acquisition and learning. In social situations where ...

This is an obvious and somewhat incomprehensible mistake, as can be attested to by the Mishnah (Sotah 7:2), which states that certain passages must be recited in Lashon HaKodesh, among them Mikra ...

Learn Hebrew from scratch at JCCSF this Summer! Levels I-V offered with Matinee & Evening class times available. Instructor Nirit Zach is a native Hebrew speaker with a background in journalism, ...

Hebrew Public schools are exceptional, diverse K- 8 public charter schools that teach Modern Hebrew to children of all backgrounds and prepare them to be successful global citizens. Our network ...