CBS News

School Ordered To Stop Hebrew Classes

A charter school has been ordered to temporarily suspend Hebrew classes while officials try to determine whether teachers are advocating the Jewish religion. Broward Schools Superintendent James ...
Vail Daily

Hebrew classes OK’d at charter school

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ” A charter school may resume teaching in Hebrew, three weeks after the lessons were halted over concerns the Jewish faith was seeping into public classrooms, the school board ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Hebrew language classes in public schools are rare — but they’re on the rise in Chicago’s suburbs

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 ...
Jewish Journal

Reflections on Jewish day schools’ Hebrew classes

While attending the 2014 Ravsak/Pardes Jewish Day School Leadership conference last weekend, I met a vendor that was selling Hebrew books. She said that the business is getting more difficult to ...
The Forward

School Teaches Hebrew to a Diverse Class

With only kindergarten and first grade classes (a second grade will be added the next school year, and an additional grade each following year), the school has had a relatively easy time avoiding the ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Grimsley’s Hebrew class unlike any other

GREENSBORO — Some students studying Hebrew at Grimsley High want to better understand their culture. Or become fluent. Or better understand the Torah and the Bible. Or learn about an entirely ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Hebrew, Jewish Courses Offered by Friedlander Classes for Teachers

The Israel Friedlander Classes have announced that public school teachers are offered courses in Hebrew, Jewish history and allied subjects, to fulfill the requirements of the education alertness ...
Jewish Journal

Hebrew course piques Iranian Jews’ interest

“You teach me Persian, and I’ll teach you Hebrew,” quipped Rabbi Hillel Benchimol to the crowd.Nearly 150 Iranian Jews of various ages had gathered at the Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills on Oct. 29 ...
Yale Environment 360

At Yale, you can now study Hebrew and Arabic — in the same course

Yale sophomore Selma Abouneameh grew up in Connecticut speaking English at home, not her Palestinian father’s native language of Arabic. But this semester at Yale, she is progressing toward her goal ...
The Advocate

Faith Matters: BR’s Treme teaches Hebrew in area classes

A burning desire to teach and preach God’s word has taken Buz Treme from Baton Rouge to adventures around the world as a missionary and church planter. “I teach and preach Bible all the time,” says ...
Sun Sentinel

Hebrew language classes in public schools on the rise in Chicago’s suburbs

(JTA) Nathan Rosen’s favorite day in Hebrew class is culture day. Every Friday, the students learn about one aspect of Israeli culture. Earlier this year Rosen, 13, did a presentation about Eli Cohen, ...