Revolutionary half-half lettering system 'Aravrit' was created to help Jews and Palestinians relate to each others' language. Now it's helping Israel and Arab nations connect

'Don't worry, we're on it,' tweets the ZAKA emergency service after the rebranding announcement, as Hebrew-speaking social media users poke fun at name change

Top Hollywood director demonstrates vocabulary he picked up watching children's TV with infant son, says he spent a year stuck in Israel due to COVID-19

Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center says demand has fallen below the threshold needed to sustain a course

'Zehu Zeh' skit pokes fun at Israelis who think they speak English

William Bradford's 'Of Plymouth Plantation' features about 1,000 words in the biblical tongue. But although many early Protestants studied Hebrew, they were hardly philo-Semitic

Israel Prize-winning scholar of biblical Hebrew grammar and Judeo-Arabic fled the Nazis in 1938 to settle in pre-state Israel, where he continued publishing even after hitting 100

New book by multidisciplinary team examines the historical shift from Hebrew immersion to 'Hebrew infusion' as camps aim to strengthen American Jewish identity in 21st century

Several Joint List members demanded last week that authorities make information more accessible in Arabic; firm in charge says its translates info 'important' to Arab public only

Charter schools such as Harlem Hebrew throw students of all backgrounds into the language. The challenge, teachers say, is to keep them studying for life