In 2000, Yariv and Boaz launched eTeacher. The first few years were hard work; people were skeptical that anything could be learned via internet. In 2002, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs granted the ...

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Short-term tourists and business people can pick up Israel’s native tongue in crash courses tailored to visitors’ schedules and needs. Hebrew in a café, with UlpanOr teacher Yael Gruper. May 11 By ...

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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 ...

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Denise Lockett, an African American and Catholic grandmother, sat in the lobby of a District charter school waiting to deliver lunch to her 9-year-old grandson. “I’m Kobe’s savta,” she said with a ...

Z'man lachzor lakitah! A growing number of Portland-area children learning Hebrew know what that means: It's back-to-school time! Time to sing, speak, play games and write in Hebrew. Jewish educator ...

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 ...