Tag: Hebrew
Antisemitism at its deepest root
As antisemitic incidents have skyrocketed 500% in the past two months, it’s time to clarify the underlying cause of this malignant bigotry so it can be treated at is core. Rabbis, scholars, philosophers and...
Exhibit spans 16th-century Jewish maternal guilt-trip to modern Hebraists beating up Yiddishists
Not only does Yiddish date back many centuries, but an exhibit in New York contains a 16th-century Yiddish example of a Jewish mother trying to guilt trip her son into communicating with her more...
Hebrew’s journey: ‘King David and I could probably understand each other’
A recent article in National Geographic lays out the history of the Hebrew language, its ancient origins, modern revival and continued evolution.
Mirit Bessire, Hebrew-language program director at Johns Hopkins University, said that “King David and I could probably understand...
Uzzi Ornan, linguist and former Irgun member, dies at age 99
Uzzi Ornan, Irgun fighter, linguist and a follower of the Canaanite movement, died on Thursday in Nofit, in the Lower Galilee, at the age of 99.
Born Uzziel Halperin in Jerusalem in 1923 to a...
Hebrew Book Week back in full force, even as Israeli literary giant is missed
Books, books and more books—that could be the tagline across Israel as the people celebrate the return of the National Hebrew Book Week, which was sidelined for two years because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The...
Israel to start its own web domain in Hebrew
The Israel Internet Association announced on Tuesday that it is launching a new domain, .Israel, which will allow users to enter Internet addresses in Hebrew.
The association is allowing trademark holders to pre-register for Internet...
Author Sally Rooney won’t allow Hebrew translation of book, citing support for BDS
An Irish author announced that she will only sell the Hebrew translation rights of her new novel if she can find a publishing house that adheres to the guidelines of the anti-Israel BDS movement.
Sally...
Adventures in Israel’s science-fiction scene
The first time Sheldon Teitelbaum came across a science fiction book was as a sixth-grader at a Talmud Torah in Montreal, Canada. A book with red bindings about a subversive school on Mars jumped...
Pilot program aims to increase informal Hebrew education at summer camp
The Jewish Agency for Israel has launched a pilot program to increase informal Hebrew education and raise awareness of the language at Jewish camps in the United States and France.
As part of the program,...
FBI releases ads in Yiddish and Hebrew to encourage reporting of hate crimes
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released hate-crime ads in Yiddish and Hebrew to expand its outreach to Jewish communities across America, reported The Yeshiva World on Thursday.
The advertisements urge victims of hate crimes to report...