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The oldest Jewish "siddur" ever found is part of the Green Collection, which will be donated to the future international Bible museum in Washington, D.C. Credit: The Green Collection.
Israeli university uses AI to decipher ancient Hebrew, Aramaic texts
Engineering students at Ben-Gurion University are employing Mask Language Modeling to get to the bottom of damaged, centuries-old inscriptions.
Etgar Lefkovits
April 9, 2024
Professor Uzzi Ornan at his home in Nofit in the Galilee, Oct. 15, 2010. Credit: Amir E. Aharoni via Wikimedia Commons.
Uzzi Ornan, linguist and former Irgun member, dies at age 99 
Arrested in 1944 for making bombs, Ornan was detained in British prison camps in Eritrea, Sudan and Kenya until Israel achieved independence.
Avi Kumar
Nov. 8, 2022
People marching from Manhattan to Brooklyn to protest the rise in antisemitism in New York, Jan. 5, 2020. Photo by Christopher Penler/Shutterstock.
‘Anti-Semitism’ as a word has been a disaster
It doesn’t come close to describing what it is meant to identify; nor does it accurately label the problem that many of its victims try to convey.
Jeffrey Lax
June 13, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden at a White House press conference on Jan. 19, 2022. Source: Screenshot.
Who’s coarsening American public discourse now?
If Trump unleashed a wave of over-the-top and abusive speech, is Biden’s angry and divisive rhetoric equally to blame for the latest round of abusive Nazi analogies?
Jonathan S. Tobin
Jan. 20, 2022
Smartphone. Credit: Pixabay.
Study: Extensive use of smartphones by parents could hamper toddler development
It has been found in the past that reduced linguistic input leads to reduced vocabulary in a child, even as an adult.
Jan. 7, 2022
Israelis attend the annual Hebrew Book Week in Tel Aviv on June 9, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
Pilot program aims to increase informal Hebrew education at summer camp
It uses Israeli songs, educational games, outdoor activities, sports and cooking workshops to provide campers with basic vocabulary.
July 9, 2021
Three sperm whale calves. Credit: Amanda Cotton.
University of Haifa to take part in research aiming to communicate with whales
The project, estimated to last at least five years, will combine expertise from marine biology, acoustics, artificial intelligence and linguistics.
April 21, 2021
Duolingo is a platform that includes a language-learning website and mobile application. Credit: dennizn/Shutterstock.
Popular language-learning app Duolingo launches Yiddish course
According to the website, some 10,000 students have already signed up to learn Yiddish.
April 6, 2021
Blue and White Party Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh. Credit: Courtesy.
Cotler-Wunsh submits bill to promote Arabic language in Israeli schools
“With the potential paradigm shift taking place in the Middle East, it is imperative for our children to be able to communicate and engage with Arabs in Israel and neighbors in the region,” said Michal Cotler-Wunsh of the Blue and White Party.
Eliana Rudee
Dec. 14, 2020