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 ...
As the High Holidays approach, one may ask if it is better to pray in Hebrew or in a language that we understand. The Talmud, Sotah 32a states which prayers must be in Hebrew and which ones can be ...
From the outside, I look like a typical observant Jew. Every Saturday morning, you’ll find me in shul. I cover my hair, I keep kosher and I send my daughter to gan. But on the inside, I don’t feel ...
The revival of Hebrew in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is often flattened into a tidy legend centered on Eliezer Ben ...
The Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) anti-Zionist group has come under fire after it was discovered that JVP instructed members not to pray in Hebrew on Tisha B'Av. The group's Tisha B’Av guide states, ...
The Israeli Reform movement has decided to expunge a prayer recited by Jews for thousands of years due to concerns that it is offensive to non-Jews. According to the Hebrew-language Makor Rishon ...
A medieval Hebrew prayer book that has been held by Paris-based Alliance Israélite Universelle for more than 150 years will be offered at a Sotheby’s auction in New York after the two holiest holidays ...
A rare-illustrated Hebrew prayer book from medieval Bavaria sold for a record $8.3 million at Sotheby's. The Luzzatto High Holiday prayer book fetched the highest ...
Why Learn Hebrew at CU Boulder? Hebrew is one the oldest, continually used languages. It is the language of the ancient Israelites and the Hebrew Bible or The Old Testament from before the Common Era, ...