Examining the immigrant experience through the eyes of multiethnic students in a language immersion class in Tel Aviv, engrossing docu "The Hebrew Lesson" brings a fresh take on how non-natives cope ...

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Rachel Jackson doesn’t remember learning Hebrew at the Jewish Community Day School, where she spent kindergarten through eighth grade, but something must have stuck: She’s now among the top ...

This spring, my son, Nathaniel, turned 12. It was time to get serious about preparation for his bar mitzvah, which usually happens when a Jewish boy turns 13. We needed to hire a tutor because at the ...

SPRING HILL — Learning Hebrew is important for a child wanting to learn about Judaism, says Rabbi Lenny Sarko. "English translations are nice, but the full breadth and depth of the Torah need to be ...

I recently initiated a poll in my WhatsApp group for Hebrew educators, asking a simple question: “Does the Super Bowl belong in a Hebrew lesson?” The results were telling. The majority of my ...

Mother and daughter stood next to one another at the bimah as part of a jubilant bat mitzvah ceremony. Then, one of them took a deep breath and began to recite verses from that week’s Torah portion.

Jehan Jaber, a Hebrew teacher from central Israel, has become an unlikely celebrity over there after the Arab teacher’s instructional song went viral on the Internet, drawing hundreds of thousands of ...

When the 34-year-old Palestinian teacher effortlessly switched from Arabic to Hebrew, none of his students showed any hint of mistrust. Instead, the classroom buzzed in admiration for his deep ...

In Hebrew the Bible begins with the second letter of the alphabet, Bet. In this folktale, Aleph is rewarded by being allowed to start the Ten Commandments. In Hebrew, the first word is אָנֹכִי, which ...