The Academy of the Hebrew Language “determines the need for new Hebrew words through both professional demand and public inquiry,” its academic secretary told JNS.The post To refer to ‘deep ...

Timeless classics, modern favorites, and totally unique monikers that no one else in your kid’s class will share—you can find it all in the Hebrew Bible. Take a trip back in time to the Old Testament ...

The English word “reincarnation” robs the concept of its specificity of different places, times and cultures. The same can be said about “atonement.” Hayim Nahman Bialik, the great Hebrew poet of the ...

With all eyes on the U.S. Supreme Court, now is the time to think about justice — both the noun and the idea. For centuries, tzedek, the Hebrew word for justice, and its close relative, tzedakah, ...

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In annual vote celebrating Hebrew Language Day, most chooses 'habaita,' after return of all living, and all-but-one deceased, ...

Beyond words, let us first look at word order. Modern Hebrew, as I will mention below again, is shaped after modern English languages. Ego-enlarging as they seem to be, they have the subject come ...