Hebrew

Putting conversation first: Jerusalem ulpan founder reflects on 18 years of teaching Hebrew to olim

Ami Steinberger’s Ulpan La-Inyan (ulpan.com) employs 80 to 90 teachers in a variety of time zones, teaching private lessons and group courses to roughly 2,000 students annually.

ULPAN LA-INYAN instructor Moshe Shmuel teaches basic Hebrew; teacher, trainer & educational program developer Tali Itzhakov (below) works with a student.
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Air Seychelles returns: The tropical islands' wild magic - review

 Israeli minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich attends a Finance committee meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 13, 2025.

Smotrich admits being mocked for poor English 'lowered his self-esteem,' says he has since learned

AVI NESHER (left) directs Shalom Michaelshwilli and Magi Azarzar in ‘Our Loves.’

Israeli film about October 7 selected for Toronto International Film Festival despite boycott


Technion opens new program for international students fleeing campus antisemitism

Though one of the pillars of the program is fostering new academic minds to join the Israeli population, it’s primarily a refuge for students who no longer feel safe on their respective campuses.

 Technion scientists (illustration)

New on Rikers Island: a Jewish prayerbook designed with incarcerated congregants in mind

The one-of-a-kind siddur features bright colors, bold text and an amalgam of Hebrew, English, Russian and Ladino prayers, as well as meditations on healing and recovery and poems.

"The Very Narrow Bridge" is a prayer book designed for people who are incarcerated on Rikers Island, New York City's jail that's accessible only by bridge.

‘Move or disappear’: Organizations must 'change chairs' or go extinct - opinion

Animal metaphors epitomize managerial principles central to organizational change and are effective in enhancing the understanding and perceptiveness of CEOs, directors, and academics.

Comfort zone, ilustrative.

Lost in translation: the joys of learning Hebrew

Many olim learning Hebrew can attest that they have at one point or another embarrassed themselves profusely either by misunderstanding, mishearing, or mispronouncing a word.

 Hebrew language (Illustrative).

Shifra Jacobs: Adjusting to life in Israel as a young olah

From Manchester to the IDF: a young woman’s journey of aliyah, adaptation, and finding her voice in a new country.

Shifra Jacobs.

Archaeologists find 14th-century Hebrew tablets in Sant Joan Sescloses chapel steps

These tablets are believed to have come from the Jewish cemetery of Castelló d'Empúries.

 Archaeologists find 14th-century Hebrew tablets in Sant Joan Sescloses chapel steps.

'From Eden to Exodus': Learning the meaning of Hebrew words - review

From Eden to Exodus incorporates 53 articles explaining the meanings of various words and phrases from the first two books of the Torah.

 HEBREW BIBLE in a silver case in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland, printed in Israel in 1962.

NotebookLM: The feature the whole world is talking about is now also available in Hebrew

Google is upgrading NotebookLM with Audio Overviews in Hebrew and over 50 additional languages.

 NotebookLM

Sassoon Codex, world’s oldest Hebrew Bible to date, to join ANU permanent collection

The museum will be hosting a series of events to celebrate the manuscript's new home.

 The Sassoon Codex will be on permanent display at the ANU.

The Hebrew tongue and what we need to do to keep it alive - opinion

I’ve come to believe in the urgent necessity of Hebraization – not as cultural nostalgia or Zionist romanticism, but as civilizational repair.

 A view of the Rodef Shalom Congregation