Kobe, her precocious grandson who watches Israeli cartoons on YouTube in his free time, was in Hebrew class, where students learn to write from right to left in the Middle Eastern language.

Lashon Academy, planned for Van Nuys, is modeled after the Hebrew Language Academy Charter School in Brooklyn, N.Y., which opened in 2009. Others have been approved in Harlem, N.Y., and San Diego.

The religious language that lay dormant for millennia is now global, used by millions of people around the world—including in China. The Codex Sassoon, the oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible ...

Ben Yehuda 311 (photo credit: Courtesy) ByDANIEL BENSADOUN OCTOBER 15, 2010 10:37 The process of the Hebrew language revival began on October 13th 1881, as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and his friends ...

But the overall appeal of these language apps is that they offer a free, readily accessible way to engage with Hebrew when their school or synagogue doesn’t offer enough instruction. Beatrice ...

If it’s January 12, it must be Hebrew Language Day, organized by the dedicated linguists at Hebrew University’s Academy of the Hebrew Language. The day — which is stretched out for the ...

Ahead of the launch of its 24/7 Hebrew-language channel, i24 laid off or cut back the roles of a number of journalists working on the English, French and Arabic broadcasts. In a statement ...

In fact, the Hebrew language doesn’t have any words. Like many other languages — Spanish, French and Russian, for example — Hebrew assigns each noun a gender. The seven Habonim Dror camps ...

In many ways, he connects the Hebrew-language schools with the charter movement more generally. Aaron Listhaus, 50, stepped into the job in January. He had been the chief academic officer of New ...

The minor in Hebrew Language, Literature, and Culture aims to bring students to an advanced level of proficiency in Hebrew and offer a strong background in Hebrew culture and literature. Students in ...

If I tell you that there are languages other than English that someone in America could live a whole life in, which would come to mind? Spanish, maybe? Chinese? Both are spoken in (among many ...