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Rapper Kanye West issues 'apology to Jews' on Instagram in Hebrew

Kanye West, who obtained the title "Antisemite of the Year" in 2022 by StopAntisemitism, went on an antisemitic rant in Las Vegas earlier in December.

The Yale University campus

Phone call highlights Yale University's hypocrisy of cultural appropriation

Mako reporter calls Yale University's president's office to call out its use of Hebrew in its logo as appropriation of Jewish culture.

'The Beauty of the Hebrew Letter': The shape of aleph-bets to come

The rise of a whole new profession of calligraphy artists, often with little or no connection with tradition, has meant a new approach to the aleph-bet. 

By MORDECHAI BECK
02/12/2023
Beersheba’s Hagar bilingual school

The unexpected benefits of being bilingual - study

Florida research studied between those who speak two languages and those who speak one and found that the bilingual brain may be better at ignoring irrelevant info

'Detached from Israel, Zionism': National Library swaps logo amid public fury

The library announced the change to its logo on Wednesday from the original, which featured a minimalist rendition of a book in the colors of the Israeli flag.

Israeli Hebrew didn’t kill Yiddish, as new NYC exhibit shows it gave a new nest to live - opinion

At the beginning of the 20th century, Yiddish and Hebrew were rivals to become the language of the future Jewish state.

By GHIL'AD ZUCKERMANN/JTA
06/09/2023

NYT op-ed: Hebrew symbolizes 'far-right Israeli militarism'

Israel's official X account called the writer who bashed Hebrew "Meshuggeneh [crazy person]."

Five Jewish facts about Guatemala’s new Hebrew-speaking president

Guatemala’s president-elect has a unique history with Jews and Israel.

By JACOB KESSLER/JTA
22/08/2023

Israeli Ulpan teachers get new wage deal

The new wage deal aims to boost aliyah integration and comes after teachers protested low salaries, which disrupted Hebrew language courses.

As Hebrew language Wikipedia turns 20 - what does its future look like?

As Wikipedia Israel celebrates 20 years, many are questioning if it will be affected by new artificial intelligence tools.

By KAITZ BREBNER/MAARIV
27/07/2023
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