Hebrew

From Miami to Beit Shemesh: A doctor’s mission to restore Hebrew pronunciation

Dr. Norman Bloom unveils a clear path to reading Hebrew as it was intended to be spoken, after decades of study.

Dr. Norman Bloom.
Cityscape skyline of Nepalese capital Kathmandu with the Himalaya snow capped mountains in the background.

Israeli tourist in Kathmandu says he was assaulted with metal club due to his nationality

Students participate in a class at Denver Jewish Day School, where increased enrollment has led to fuller classrooms.

In Denver, a Jewish day school happily copes with a surge in new students

Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a state ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetary, October 5, 2025.

Katz to Erdogan: 'Genocide' charges more fitting for Turkey's 'massacres' of Kurds


Jewish concepts of 'afterlife' may be recent adaptations, study finds

In the Hebrew Bible, the term Sheol is the shadowy abode of the dead. It is often depicted as “down below,” silent, and without active praise of God.

The authors describe a shift “from the almost ‘materialistic’ idea of the early Israeli society to the belief in life beyond the grave and the resurrection of the dead…"

The Hebrew-only financial system: It’s holding back Israel’s economy - opinion

Israel is a multilingual society held back by a monolingual digital financial system.

NEW RESEARCH by Anton Babich demonstrates the paucity of financial institutions’ investments into language accessibility.

From New York to the National Library of Israel: Naomi Schacter's journey

'The home of the book for the People of the Book.’

NAOMI SCHACHTER; from New York City to Jerusalem, 1983.

Technion opens new program for international students fleeing campus antisemitism

Though one of the pillars of the program is fostering new academic minds to join the Israeli population, it’s primarily a refuge for students who no longer feel safe on their respective campuses.

 Technion scientists (illustration)

New on Rikers Island: a Jewish prayerbook designed with incarcerated congregants in mind

The one-of-a-kind siddur features bright colors, bold text and an amalgam of Hebrew, English, Russian and Ladino prayers, as well as meditations on healing and recovery and poems.

"The Very Narrow Bridge" is a prayer book designed for people who are incarcerated on Rikers Island, New York City's jail that's accessible only by bridge.

‘Move or disappear’: Organizations must 'change chairs' or go extinct - opinion

Animal metaphors epitomize managerial principles central to organizational change and are effective in enhancing the understanding and perceptiveness of CEOs, directors, and academics.

Comfort zone, ilustrative.

Lost in translation: the joys of learning Hebrew

Many olim learning Hebrew can attest that they have at one point or another embarrassed themselves profusely either by misunderstanding, mishearing, or mispronouncing a word.

 Hebrew language (Illustrative).

Shifra Jacobs: Adjusting to life in Israel as a young olah

From Manchester to the IDF: a young woman’s journey of aliyah, adaptation, and finding her voice in a new country.

Shifra Jacobs.

Archaeologists find 14th-century Hebrew tablets in Sant Joan Sescloses chapel steps

These tablets are believed to have come from the Jewish cemetery of Castelló d'Empúries.

 Archaeologists find 14th-century Hebrew tablets in Sant Joan Sescloses chapel steps.

'From Eden to Exodus': Learning the meaning of Hebrew words - review

From Eden to Exodus incorporates 53 articles explaining the meanings of various words and phrases from the first two books of the Torah.

 HEBREW BIBLE in a silver case in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland, printed in Israel in 1962.

NotebookLM: The feature the whole world is talking about is now also available in Hebrew

Google is upgrading NotebookLM with Audio Overviews in Hebrew and over 50 additional languages.

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