Hebrew vowels make their appearance through ‘nikkud’—a system of 16 different symbols representing 5 basic vowel sounds. These symbols are strategically placed around the letters to guide ...

“Back to the Basics—Hebrew Reading 101 for Adults” and “Advanced Hebrew Reading for Adults” are two new Zoom courses held weekly at Temple Judea for its members. Both enthusiastic groups of eager ...

A mega Hebrew literacy campaign to "win back the hearts of North American Jews" has begun, featuring month-long Hebrew classes - at no charge. The campaign is run by the New York-based National Jewish ...

Celebrating birthdays at our Ladies Who Lunch celebration in November 2023. Seated left to right: Ellen Weber, Arlene Lomazoff-Marron. Standing: Carolyn Grandis. Photo courtesy of the author. The ...

In time for High Holidays, Valley Chabad will offer a beginners course on Hebrew Reading. A new, cutting-edge Hebrew reading crash course is taking the Jewish world by storm. "Read it in Hebrew," a ...

The South Florida Jewish community has the chance to take part in a new cutting-edge adult Hebrew reading crash course, “Read it in Hebrew,”at Chabad Chayil – Highland Lakes Jewish Center. This ...

Is the English-reading brain somehow different from the Hebrew-reading brain? You might not expect any major differences; after all, both languages are alphabetic and are read more or less ...

Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. On a radiant spring morning in Jerusalem, a group of visitors walked into the Cultural and Educational Center at the ...

In the film The Reader, Kate Winslet, playing an SS guard accused of great brutality, says to her meaning-seeking erstwhile partner, “Nothing comes out of the camps.” He wants to have a relationship ...