Posts Tagged: Hebrew language
Is Hebrew a European Language? Debunking Five Myths About Modern Hebrew
If you spend enough time on social media, you’re likely going to come across claims about Hebrew that will make your head spin: Hebrew is a...
A Pakistani Lover of Hebrew
Despite the fact that my country -- Pakistan -- doesn’t have any diplomatic relations with Israel, and despite the ubiquitous antisemitism in Pakistan, I have...
The Rebirth of Hebrew
One of the most remarkable phenomena to have occurred in modern times is the rebirth of Hebrew as a spoken language. Although Hebrew was painstakingly...
‘So Are You, Like, Fluent Yet?’
JNS.org - “So are you, like, fluent yet?” It’s a question that I get almost as often as, “Are you safe?” And it’s the only question I’m...
GEEOHDEE
It has now become a requirement of Orthodoxy that wherever one writes the word made up of the letters GEE OH DEE in reference to...
Playboy Launches Hebrew Language Edition
Playboy Magazine has announced it will begin publishing a Hebrew language edition. While Playboy has been available for years in Israel, the new Hebrew edition...
Fighting to Keep Hebrew the Living Language of Israel
This past week, Israel celebrated the 155th birthday of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, considered by many the father of modern day Hebrew. Google Israel honored Ben...
The Torah: Listening and Law
It would be reasonable to assume that a language that contains the verb "to command" must also contain the verb "to obey." The...
