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 ...

People ask me how I managed to learn Hebrew so fast. I tell them that I don’t know, whether two years is a short period to learn Hebrew from scratch. But I do manage to communicate with my hairdresser ...

During Hebrew school, Jewish students create Passover plates and covers for a traditional braided bread called challah. They learn the Hebrew alphabet and how to read its letters. They participate in ...

It helps a lot if you memorise the pronunciation of the alphabet at the very beginning when you start learning a new language. Later the pronunciation comes automatically but at the beginning it's ...

More than 15 years after Hebrew teaching was stopped in Palestinian schools, the Hamas-run Ministry of Education in Gaza has decided to reintroduce Hebrew courses in government-run schools that ...