Language

Israeli school teaches English through hands-on art

Experimenting with new things was the approach chosen by Oshrit Mor, coordinator of AMIT Hammer’s English program and its Mofet program for gifted students.

By JORDANA BENAMI
03/11/2023

How do cities, countries get their nicknames? - explainer

Let’s take a little geographical galavant and see how certain cities came by their metropolitan monikers. 

By RUTH BELOFF
21/10/2023

Dozens of interpreters assisting Israeli citizens, residents to overcome language barrier

The Emergency Interpreting Call Center at Bar-Ilan University is providing language interpreting in 10 languages.

Getting justice in Tiberias over a law and bad English - comment

A billboard advertising to English-speaking tourists in Tiberias was filled with mistakes, and the "caretaker mayor" said they would look into if it was incorrect.

16/09/2023

California Jewish teen helping Spanish-speaking learners become teachers

Some immigrants, especially recent arrivals, find that integrating linguistically, culturally and socially is almost beyond their reach.

By ELANA SZTOKMAN/JTA
08/09/2023

Israeli Hebrew didn’t kill Yiddish, as new NYC exhibit shows it gave a new nest to live - opinion

At the beginning of the 20th century, Yiddish and Hebrew were rivals to become the language of the future Jewish state.

By GHIL'AD ZUCKERMANN/JTA
06/09/2023

NYT op-ed: Hebrew symbolizes 'far-right Israeli militarism'

Israel's official X account called the writer who bashed Hebrew "Meshuggeneh [crazy person]."

Meta releases AI model for translating speech between dozens of languages

The world's biggest social media company has released a flurry of mostly free AI models this year, including a large language model called Llama

By REUTERS
22/08/2023

How does bilingualism impact memory? - study

Bilingual people had a harder time identifying images attached to a word with homophones in both their spoken languages.

Bank Leumi to launch app with services in English

The new version of the bank's app with an option of English is expected to launch next week.

By WALLA!
17/08/2023
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