Tag: Language

The Spanish Royal Academy (RAE) received a letter signed by more than 20 Jewish organizations from primarily Spanish-speaking countries calling for an update to the official Spanish dictionary to remove bigoted entries. Examples of definitions the groups...

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...

Even those who resisted the fallacious attempt to label him as an anti-Semite had to admit that former President Donald Trump had to bear some responsibility for the coarsening of public discourse in recent...

A new study from Tel Aviv University found that interaction between mothers and toddlers is reduced by a factor of four when the mothers use their smartphones, which might damage the toddler’s development and...

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,...

Duolingo, the world’s most popular language-learning platform, launched a Yiddish course on Tuesday. The site teaches Yiddish through game-like lessons that take five to seven minutes a day. Lessons and exercises are adapted to the user’s...

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...