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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Some 1,400 students are studying Hebrew nationwide in public schools. About half are in the Chicago area. DEERFIELD, Ill. (JTA) — Nathan Rosen’s favorite day in Hebrew class is culture day. Every ...

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JTA — The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, the US military’s elite language school in Monterey, California, has dropped Hebrew from its roster of languages due to low demand. Natela ...

Somebody help me out here. Every time I visit Jewish communities in the United States, I get this weird feeling. It’s like I’m a character in somebody else’s movie. I go from one community to the next ...