The ancient Semitic Aramaic language once dominated the Middle East, and today is spoken by only a few and read by those who study the Talmud, which is written in pseudo-Aramaic.
Noa, a Hebrew speaker from Israel, competes against Sherouk, an Arabic speaker from Egypt, as they try to identify similar words in each others language.
The app allows soldiers to practice Arabic phrases they might need when manning checkpoints, making arrests or providing first aid.
The mystery of the Hebrew letters!
"Expanding our knowledge of languages opens up doors to understanding and contributes to an collaborative atmosphere."
Even between people who speak the same language, there can be misunderstandings and miscommunication.
A new Israeli study finds medical cannabis can help improve behavior, alertness, language, communication, motor skills and sleep in epilepsy patients.
By JNi.Media
Last year the WZO established 140 new Hebrew language centers, most of them in France, Argentina, and the UK.
As opposed to other politicians, Netanyahu understands the real debate is not over the 1967 borders; not even over the 1948 Partition Plan borders. The real debate is over the Balfour Declaration
By Donny Fuchs
Today, missionary groups operating in Israel are ambitious, clever, and well-organized, and they are aided by religious Jews (for reasons of naiveté, ambition, etc.) who unlocked many doors for them.
לְפַנֵּק In many countries all over the world yesterday it was Mothers Day - יוֹם הָאֵם, in Hebrew. Here's a song by Arik Einstein dedicated to his mother. I venture to say it might be sung for most mothers. One of the lines in the song is: אִמָּא, אִמָּא אַתְּ פִּנַּקְתְּ אֹתִי Mom, mom, you […]
לְשַׂמֵּחַ My professor of Bible and Aramaic at Yeshiva University, Dr. Moshe Bernstein, taught me that 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant declared that it's worth studying Hebrew for ten years just to read תְּהִלִּים ק"ד- Psalm 104. Jews all over the world read that psalm Sunday and Monday in honor of רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ, the "head" of […]