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Israel translates stories of Oct. 7 sexual horrors to Arabic

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Israel’s Foreign Ministry recently launched a campaign to present evidence of Hamas’s sexual crimes on Oct. 7 to the Arabic-speaking world. The campaign material will be distributed through the ministry’s media channels, which together reach...
Mishal Husain, a presenter for the “BBC.” Credit: Willstar via Wikimedia Commons.

‘BBC’ in English is in many ways worse about Israel than ‘BBC Arabic’

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On Sunday evening, Dec. 10, I gave my third interview for BBC Arabic TV since Oct. 7, a station that has a combined audience of tens of millions in the Middle East and Europe, as well as online. Two...

In Arabic video, AJC explains Jewish connection to Israel

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Knowledge and compassion are “critical tools to break the cycle of perpetual conflict and mutual demonization,” Benjamin Rogers, director of Middle East and North Africa initiatives at the American Jewish Committee, told JNS. That’s why...
Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab, 1795. Credit: Drawing/painting by William Blake. United Kingdom, via Wikimedia Commons (scanned by H. Churchyard).

Central Shavuot text ‘all about kindness,’ says rabbi who published Arabic book of Ruth

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This Shavuot, those interested can follow along during the reading of the book of Ruth and take in quotes like “Your people are my people, and your God is my God” in Arabic. That’s...
The downtown center of Nablus, named as one of the oldest cities in the world, in the Palestinian Authority, Nov. 15, 2016. Photo by Sebi Berens/Flash90.

AJC releases latest Arabic-language video on explaining, fighting anti-Semitism

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The American Jewish Committee released on Tuesday the eighth and latest in its series of Arabic-language online videos the organization said is aimed at raising awareness in the Arab world about the scourge of Jew-hatred. “What is...
A miniature 10th-century Koran. Credit: Courtesy of the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem.

Doubled in 2021: Online visits to National Library of Israel in Arabic top 2...

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The National Library of Israel (NLI) said 2021 saw a significant increase in Arab users of its website and online resources across the Arab world, within Israel and globally. Compared to the previous year, 2021...
The book jacket of “A Girl in a Blue Shirt” by Gabriel Bensimhon, translated into Moroccan Arabic. Credit: Courtesy of Tel Aviv University.

In a first, Israeli Hebrew novel is translated into Moroccan Arabic

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For the first time, an Israeli novel has been translated into Arabic in Morocco and will be sold in Moroccan bookstores. The groundbreaking novel, A Girl in a Blue Shirt, was written by Gabriel Bensimhon of...
Blue and White Party Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh. Credit: Courtesy.

MK Cotler-Wunsh submits bill to promote Arabic language in Israeli schools

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Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh of the Blue and White Party submitted a bill in Israel’s Knesset to require Arabic-language studies. Proposed as an amendment to the law on public education, the bill would make it...
Israeli Minister of Health Yaakov Litzman holds a live press conference on the new government restrictions for the public regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 19, 2020. Photo by Chen Leopold/Flash90.

Israeli public broadcaster KAN makes news accessible to people with disabilities

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The digital department of Israeli public broadcaster KAN has expanded its accessibility services, making the news broadcast more user-friendly for people with disabilities. Starting on Monday, the 8 p.m. main edition has been made accessible...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Credit: European University Institute/Flickr.

Justice Ginsburg gives $9,000 to Israeli schools teaching Hebrew and Arabic

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced last month that she is giving $9,000 to Israeli schools teaching Hebrew and Arabic. The grant went to schools run by Hand in Hand, which seeks to enable “integration...