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Only Half of American Jews Read Hebrew. JLI is Changing That

According to a Pew Research Center survey, only 52% of American Jews can read Hebrew. The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute is ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Writing Hebrew letters creatively is a Jewish tradition. This rabbi sees sacredness in doodles, too.

“There’s actually a cognitive benefit to drawing shapes and images to represent words,” Rabbi Emily Meyer said of her video project. (JTA) — When the pandemic kept Rabbi Emily Meyer stuck at home last ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

These Jewish day schools embracing AI are reimagining education for the high-tech era

In one classroom, students create a podcast featuring an “interview” with the prophet Elijah. In another, instructors teach ...
Brandeis University

Hebrew at North American Jewish Overnight Summer Camps

Each summer, tens of thousands of American Jews attend residential camps, where they may see Hebrew signs, sing and dance to Hebrew songs, and hear a camp-specific hybrid language register called Camp ...
The Times of Israel

Hebrew: A Bridge for Jewish Communities Worldwide and the Key to Jewish Identity

It was not so long ago that Jewish communities around the world were all able to read the Bible in its original language, a skill connecting a nation spread across the world in the diaspora. However, ...
The Forward

No One’s Studying Hebrew Anymore — That’s A Big Problem

College enrollment in Hebrew courses is dropping sharply, and this downward spiral may soon have profound effects on the American Jewish community. Modern Hebrew enrollment fell 17.6 percent between ...
Kellogg School of Management

Study Abroad for Hebrew Studies and Jewish Studies

Can I study abroad as a Hebrew Studies and/or Jewish Studies Major or Minor? Yes! Students in both Jewish Studies and Hebrew Studies are encouraged to study abroad. Jewish Studies is truly an ...
Jewish Journal

Los Angeles Area Jewish Preschools and Early Childhood Centers Receive $1 Million in Grants from EarlyJ Program

Jewish preschools and early childhood centers in Los Angeles are getting a boost.
The Forward

Writing Hebrew letters carefully is a Jewish tradition. This rabbi sees sacredness in doodles, too.

(JTA) — When the pandemic kept Rabbi Emily Meyer stuck at home last year, she took up a hobby familiar to any elementary school student — doodling. But Meyer, a Jewish educator in the Pittsburgh area, ...