It’s common for young Jews to study Hebrew until the age of 13 — and then never interact with the language again. Hebrew school students learn the alphabet, but often have little understanding of what ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. For the past 643 consecutive ...

If you learned a language in high school, odds are you remember snippets, phrases, or mere words of the language you studied. Biblical Hebrew Instructor David Valeta’s goal is to teach a language so ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH An Animal Planet television program recently filmed second-graders at the Hebrew Academy learning Hebrew vocabulary with the help of a Wheaton terrier named Toby. Parent and dog owner ...

It’s 10:30 on a sunny spring morning at Ben Porat Yosef: The Sephardic Yeshiva of Bergen County, and the 3-year-olds are seated at low tables, nibbling on animal crackers. Surrounded by books, toys ...

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