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 ...

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 ...

Vardit Ringvald visualizes the acquisition of language as a spiral, not a line. It’s an idea she’s been wrapping herself, and her colleagues, around since she arrived at Brandeis 27 years ago. The ...

The growing trend of Hebrew-immersion day camps offer children a chance to learn Hebrew while engaging in summer fun. NEW YORK (JTA) — It used to be that parents who wanted to expose their children to ...

Black and Latino parents in upper Manhattan are banking on Hebrew to give their little ones extra chutzpah in the classroom — and, perhaps, create a new generation of Israel supporters. Hundreds of ...

Dr. Gila Azrad serves as Department Chair at Pressman Academy while maintaining an active presence in higher education, where she trains educators at universities across the globe. A graduate of ...

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