Denise Lockett, an African American and Catholic grandmother, sat in the lobby of a District charter school waiting to deliver lunch to her 9-year-old grandson. “I’m Kobe’s savta,” she said with a ...

Time, money, and sweat equity are all great ways for Diaspora Jews to support Israel, but falling in love with the language ...

It’s common for young Jews to study Hebrew until the age of 13 — and then never interact with the language again. Hebrew school students learn the alphabet, but often have little understanding of what ...

The Westchester Fairfield Hebrew Academy, a co-educational Jewish day school, is on a 17-acre campus at 270 Lake Ave. Approximately 230 students are enrolled at the school. The school offers a hands ...

Black and Latino parents in upper Manhattan are banking on Hebrew to give their little ones extra chutzpah in the classroom — and, perhaps, create a new generation of Israel supporters. Hundreds of ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. For the past 643 consecutive ...

The Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture Program welcomes distinguished artists and guest speakers to our classes throughout the year, representing a diverse array of professions and expertise. For ...

Beverly Bernstein-Prass always wanted to learn Hebrew, but never really had the time. “I was a very avid temple-goer; I learned by memory to sing the songs,” the Windsor resident said. So, that made ...

A nonprofit that launches modern-Hebrew-language public schools is hoping New Haven gets a chance to offer that greeting. The New York-based nonprofit, Hebrew Public, is working to finish an ...

“From the moment I arrived in Israel, I hated the people who forced me to speak Hebrew,” wrote Aharon Appelfeld in his memoir, “The Story of a Life.” Appelfeld’s mother tongue was German. “The effort ...

Is the English-reading brain somehow different from the Hebrew-reading brain? You might not expect any major differences; after all, both languages are alphabetic and are read more or less ...

The Sami people of Norway are learning Hebrew language teaching methods to help save their own endangered language. An estimated 100,000 Sami people live in Lapland, a region in northern Europe ...