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A side-by-side comparison of the 1985 edition of the JPS Tanakh and the 2023 gender-sensitive edition demonstrates slight changes in the English translation. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)
May 31, 2023, 5:51 pm
Backlash over ‘gender-sensitive’ Hebrew Bible translation that uses ‘God,’ not ‘He’
New online edition of the Tanach available via Sefaria doesn’t use either masculine or feminine pronouns for God
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Robert Alter seen in his home office. (David A.M. Wilensky/via JTA)
November 30, 2018, 6:25 am
Scholar’s coveted Bible translation, 22 years in the making, set to hit shelves
Prizing the original literary style above all else, Robert Alter becomes the first scholar to single-handedly produce a comprehensive English language text
By Rich Tenorio
Gili Bar-Hillel with her Hebrew-language version of 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,' one of the four Harry Potter books she translated, in her Tel Aviv office, June 23, 2003. (David Silverman/Getty Images via JTA)
October 20, 2018, 9:01 am
How a Hanukkah song made its way into Harry Potter’s Hebrew version
Translator Gili Bar Hillel speaks about the challenges of interpreting the series in a manner that would resonate with Israeli readers
By Josefin Dolsten
David Tuchman (left) and Jacob Hartz at a live taping of OMGWTFBible. (courtesy)
October 15, 2014, 3:40 pm
Live from NY, it’s OMGWTFBible — a funny twist on the Torah
Formerly Orthodox comedian David Tuchman and an eclectic mix of guests translate the Bible in an irreverent podcast
By Miriam Groner
An ultra-Orthodox man walks past a movie poster for "That awkward moment," translated to Hebrew as "The date that embarrassed me," outside a cinema in Jerusalem, February 27, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
February 28, 2014, 9:23 pm
Hollywood movie titles are lost in translation
How does ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’ turn into ‘It’s Raining Falafel’? The answer’s on the bottom line
By Aron Heller
Assaf Gavron at work (Courtesy Assaf Gavron)
January 30, 2014, 4:08 am
A writer’s life in translation
‘The Hilltop’ author Assaf Gavron talks about writing, translating and just a little bit about Natalie Portman
By Jessica Steinberg
‘Coat on. Trucks crossing’ (photo credit: LMH)
March 28, 2013, 3:16 pm
It’s chilly when those trucks go by
Latest entry in the Israeli tradition of incomprehensible road signs
By ToI Staff
Dov Ivry
August 27, 2012, 2:37 pm
Dov Ivry
Why is ‘holy sh-t’ translated as ‘Elohim’?
Whenever a movie character utters a profanity, the Hebrew subtitles will invariably invoke the Lord’s name in vain — and drag it through the outhouse
The pickled 'Episodes' headstone (photo credit: BBC/Showtime)
June 20, 2012, 6:35 pm
The BBC’s grave Hebrew error
TV comedy featuring former ‘Friends’ star accidentally describes deceased character as ‘pickled at great expense’ rather than ‘dearly missed’
By Nathan Burstein
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