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Should we still learn foreign languages? - opinion

Artificial intelligence is quietly challenging one of education’s oldest assumptions. For thousands of years, if you wanted to understand other people, you had to learn their language.

Children at Beersheba’s Hagar bilingual school read together
People hold a giant Israeli national flag at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, on the eve of Jerusalem Day, May 14, 2026.

Herut Davidson on Arabic, social media, and bridge-building across the Middle East

A reporter for Sky News Arabia television channel speaks before the camera from the media centre set up for the 2025 ArabIslamic extraordinary summit in Doha on September 15, 2025.

UK-based Sky News Group ends venture with UAE's International Media Investments

JEWISH AND Arab students mingle on the Mount Scopus campus of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University

Israel shares country's Muslim education statistics, notes female population's progress


'POV': A meaningful Arabic version of Shakespeare's Macbeth - review

The role of theater is also to offer people basic familiarity with high culture. In that context, Shakespeare had been performed in Arabic since the beginning of the 20th century.

 MACBETH REIMAGINED in ‘POV’ at Haifa University.

Israeli AI start-up, Jerusalem Municipality partner to teach English

The AI education program will be tailored for Arabic speakers in a pilot program in east Jerusalem.

Jerusalem City Council member Aryeh King poses for a picture in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, in Jerusalem on October 22, 2014

Unilever ‘resolves’ legal battle with Ben & Jerry’s board over Israel sales

Sales of Ben & Jerry's are set to continue without issue in Israel.

 Tubs of ice-cream are seen as a labourer works at Ben & Jerry's factory in Be'er Tuvia, Israel July 20, 2021.

Arab nationalism is alive and well in Doha at the World Cup - analysis

The international soccer tournament in Doha has seen an outpouring of support from Arab fans toward the teams of other Arab nations, while Israeli journalists have faced backlash.

 Saudi Arabia Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman is received by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on the sidelines of the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, November 20, 2022

‘In Arabic, learning culture more important than learning language’

As more and more Israelis want to learn the language of the neighborhood, two experts talk about techniques, methods, and the key to success

 RAISED AS an Arab: Yosef Mahfoud Levi attends a cultural/business meeting in Jordan.

Speaking two or more languages boosts brain power - study

Hebrew is a difficult language to learn, according to new immigrants from English-speaking countries. Sabras say that English is difficult to learn.

An image of the human brain

Rabbi Miller's mission: Bring knowledge of Judaism to Arabic in videos

Rabbi Elhanan Miller: "Before we talk about Israel, you have to understand Jewish peoplehood and why Jews came to Israel."

 Rabbi Elhanan Miller at the Crossroads of Civilization Museum in Dubai

Dutch embassy presents augmented reality mural to Jaffa

For this mural, when scanned at one angle, you’ll look into your phone screen and see the teapot tipping over and pouring a cup of tea with Hebrew and Arabic letters coming out in the virtual steam.

 DUTCH ARTIST Leon Keer unveils his augmented reality mural last week in Jaffa.

Dance festival created for Hebrew and Arabic speakers

Choreographers Yasmeen Godder and Nur Garabli will host the first Na’ot Ma’Ba’ad Festival (Moving Together Festival), a platform for creation in Arabic and Hebrew.

 NUR GARABLI

The Herzl Museum in Jerusalem is now appealing to Arab-Israelis

The museum will translate all of its exhibits into Arabic.

 A general view of the first interactive Zionist wall at The Herzl Museum in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2013. The Herzl Museum revealed the first interactive Zionist wall today. The interactive wall is meant to educate about Zionism and enrich the study of Zionism.