Examining the immigrant experience through the eyes of multiethnic students in a language immersion class in Tel Aviv, engrossing docu "The Hebrew Lesson" brings a fresh take on how non-natives cope ...

Aleph is the subject of a midrash which praises its humility in not demanding to start the Old Testament. In Hebrew the Bible begins with the second letter of the alphabet, Bet. In this folktale, ...

When the 34-year-old Palestinian teacher effortlessly switched from Arabic to Hebrew, none of his students showed any hint of mistrust. Instead, the classroom buzzed in admiration for his deep ...

After 6 1/2 hours of instruction, the Hebrew class was over, and the teacher threw up his arms. “I taught you how to read,” he exulted. “I am finished.” Rabbi Noah Golinkin had wrapped up another ...

Mother and daughter stood next to one another at the bimah as part of a jubilant bat mitzvah ceremony. Then, one of them took a deep breath and began to recite verses from that week’s Torah portion.

Ben Gamla Charter School, in Hollywood, Fla., was ordered this week by Broward School Board to stop teaching Hebrew amid concerns that the lessons violated the constitutional separation of government ...

Tashena Facey, 16, a junior at Central High School in Bridgeport, apologized for the way she was dressed. She forgot that she'd be facing a panel of judges to present her ideas for Style Hair Salon; ...