Language
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.
Banking made more accessible, in every language
Israeli AI English-learning startup Loora raises $22m. in Series B
Should we still learn foreign languages? - opinion
Where do medical terms, disease names come from?
In the medical field, there are many terms and physical conditions that are named for people or trace their origins to Latin roots.
Toxic boss gaslighting you? What these pop-psychology terms really mean
A number of words used by psychologists have started being used in everyday discourse, but these words like toxic, gaslighting, and OCD are being misused. Here's what they really mean.
Israel, Yad L'Olim reach breakthrough in healthcare accessibility for olim
Healthcare providers will now receive funding to employ medical experts able to communicate with Olim in their native languages.
Israeli artist brings ancient language back to life in song
Dor Zlekha Levy's One Tongue audiovisual project revives Proto-Semitic, the ancestral language of Hebrew and Arabic, in song.
Primitive language among chimps discovered by scientists using fake snakes - study
The snake model used for the study was manufactured from the skin of a dead python.
Medieval Jewish thinker Maimonides wrote in Romance language - research
Maimonides, born Moses ben Maimon and also known as the Rambam, is one of the great scholars and thinkers of his time, even among non-Jewish contemporaries.
Turkey seeks a change
This whole promotional effort is really directed against English usage. Negative associations of the word “turkey” with roast dinner do not affect other languages.
Advancements in AI help researchers identify early Alzheimer's - study
Researchers have made a breakthrough in AI machine learning allowing them to identify early Alzheimer's through significantly less labor-intensive methods.
Our Passover wish: Israelis disagreeing agreeably - opinion
Let us hope that the lesson of this season will be well learned by all of us so that we can enjoy the Lord’s bounty while recognizing the value each of us brings to the table.
Counting the Omer: Jewish spring ritual now translated to 49 languages
The daily counting of the Omer is an old ritual being given new life this season by the Jewish Language Project at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
