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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Academy of the Hebrew Language

Illustrative: People walk next to pictures of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, Jerusalem, January 12, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 4:19 pm
Israelis choose ‘hostages’ as Academy of the Hebrew Language’s word of 2024
Word ‘hatufim’ revealed to mark Hebrew Language Day, beating Hebrew words for ‘heroism,’ ‘approved for publication’ — which precedes IDF death announcements — by thousands of votes
By ToI Staff
The building of the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem. (Public domain/Wikipedia)
May 4, 2023, 6:33 pm
Hebrew Academy debuts new words, including term for ‘gaslighting’
Windiness, space launch vehicles, tandem bikes, and targeted advertising among terms to receive fresh translations
By Michael Horovitz
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount, January 3, 2023. (Courtesy Minhelet Har Habayit)
January 3, 2023, 1:58 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 3: What is Minister Ben Gvir signaling with Temple Mount visit?
David Horovitz and Haviv Rettig Gur mark two years of the daily podcast with a rousing discussion of the new government and ultra-Orthodox demographics. Bonus: Hebrew word of 2022
By ToI Staff
Police at the site of a sinkhole on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on September 17, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 27, 2022, 2:23 pm
Hebrew Academy picks ‘sinkhole’ as its word of 2022
Selected by online voters, word narrowly beats out ‘governance’ and ‘hallucination’ to take the top spot
By Amy Spiro
Israelis attend the annual Hebrew Book Week, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv on June 12, 2019. (Flash90)
From the WebAugust 1, 2022, 10:30 pm
Israeli activists battle the deeply gendered roots of the Hebrew language
The New York Times reports on efforts by some to create gender-neutral options in Hebrew, while others push back — and the Academy of the Hebrew Language is caught in the middle
Museum visitors look at a sculpture made of sand of the 'Tower of Babel,' during the exhibit 'Tales in the Sand' at the Eretz Israel Museum several years ago (Nati Shohat/Flash 90)
June 23, 2022, 4:21 am
For Israel’s language czar, reviving Hebrew means bringing it down from the tower
Moshe Bar-Asher has brought the Academy of the Hebrew Language to the street with popular input and viral campaigns. But plans for a new home to crown his vision remain unrealized
By Tal Schneider
Illustrative image: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs Ayelet Shaked attend the Jewish Maroccan celebration of Mimuna, in Moshav Shilat, April 23, 2022. (Flash90)
June 13, 2022, 2:22 pm
Daily Briefing Jun 13: Mazel tov! Coalition a year old; why Israel hit Syria airport
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses her interview with New Hope head Gideon Sa’ar; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on Israel’s chances in an emergency
By ToI Staff
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, shakes hands with president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, then crown prince of Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 13, 2021. (Haim Zach/Israel Government Press Office via AP, File)
May 31, 2022, 1:58 pm
Daily Briefing May 31: UAE & Israel sign free trade agreement; more Knesset chaos
Political correspondent Tal Schneider on the opposition’s united bloc; senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on why teachers are striking for the wrong reason
By ToI Staff
Left: Defense Minister Benny Gantz. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File); Right: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool, File)
December 29, 2021, 2:19 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 29 – Gantz invites Abbas over; ‘lunacy’ is Hebrew word of 2021
Palestinian Affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman examines the unexpected summit, while Hebrew sister site Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren sounds off on ‘tirlul’
By ToI Staff
A girl is entertained by clowns as she waits in the control room after being injected with a dose of the Soberana-02 vaccine for COVID-19 in Havana, Cuba, August 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
December 23, 2021, 2:08 pm
Academy of the Hebrew Language picks ‘lunacy’ as its word of 2021
After thousands of online votes, word beats out ‘vaccine,’ ‘mutation’ and ‘booster’ for top spot
By ToI Staff
Prof. Yehoshua Blau poses for a picture at his home in Jerusalem on August 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 20, 2020, 8:51 pm
Prof. Yehoshua Blau, giant of Semitic languages, dies at 101
Israel Prize-winning scholar of biblical Hebrew grammar and Judeo-Arabic fled the Nazis in 1938 to settle in pre-state Israel, where he continued publishing even after hitting 100
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative photo of books on sale in Jerusalem, June 15, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 19, 2019, 1:34 pm
Hebrew language academy approves 1,400 new words
Range of legal terms coined to replace use of English terms; some spiders and scorpions get new titles, including daddy longlegs
By Stuart Winer
Lior Gross developed a nonbinary Hebrew system together with their professor Eyal Rivlin. (courtesy)
December 9, 2018, 5:48 am
In an increasingly nonbinary world, is gendered Hebrew willing to adapt?
While applauding the social impetus, Israelis are divided in opinions on an American-based initiative and question its grammatical integrity
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The inscription as it was found in the excavation near the Jerusalem International Convention Center, winter 2018. (Danit Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority)
October 9, 2018, 3:27 pm
Earliest known stone carving of Hebrew word ‘Jerusalem’ found near city entrance
Unearthed in what was an artisan’s village 2.5 km from ancient Temple, inscribed column from 100 BCE features Aramaic, Hebrew, two of the languages used by Jerusalemites of the era
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Gabriel Birnbaum, senior researcher at Historical Dictionary Project at Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem, shows an old Hebrew text on his personal computer at his office in Jerusalem, August 23, 2017. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
September 14, 2017, 4:42 pm
Epic quest is documenting the ‘miracle’ of the Hebrew language
Researchers are painstakingly building lexicon of every word in ancient tongue through to its modern incarnation
By Mike Smith
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