I spent the summer before college holed up in my room in front of my laptop watching strange cartoon letters take shape and trying to replicate them on my own. I was teaching myself Hebrew. I’d just ...

Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. On a radiant spring morning in Jerusalem, a group of visitors walked into the Cultural and Educational Center at the ...

Late summer in the Holy City. Like shrinks and Parisians, I’m usually far away in August, but not this year. Windows wide open, dogs howling, mine included. (We have a new, large puppy.) I’m home ...

Effie Hertzke owns her multilingualism, and her translanguaging celebrates the idiosyncratic beauty of both English and Hebrew, as well as her national identities. (JTA) — Before I had even managed to ...

Perception of second language speech is easier when it is spoken in the accent of the listener and not in the "original" accent of that language, shows a new study. Perception of second language ...

If Spanish is your second language in America, chances are you’ll speak with a better accent if you have more empathy for Latin Americans, suggests a new Israeli study. Researchers from the University ...

While making the film “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” Natalie Portman had to put her palm in front of her mouth, repeat Hebrew words and feel how the air hit her skin. If Portman felt her breath, it ...

If you ask me (and, if I had to guess, many of my peers), there is nothing worse than Hebrew school. In the world of fun Jewish activities, with Yom Kippur fasting being a one and hooking up with ...