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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 366

Hebrew

New York Mets' Mark Vientos reacts after hitting a two-run walkoff home run during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, September 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
September 15, 2024, 4:12 pm
New York Mets player stumps fans with botched Hebrew tattoo
Mark Vientos’s shirtless celebration reveals ink that seemingly refers to New Testament verse
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Sephardic, Ashkenazi, and Mizrahi men in Jerusalem, c. 1900. (YIVO Institute for Jewish Research via JTA)
September 9, 2023, 10:57 am
NYC exhibit shows Israeli Hebrew didn’t kill Yiddish, it gave it a new nest to live in
‘Palestinian Yiddish: A Look at Yiddish in the Land of Israel Before 1948,’ opens this week, shows how the old language survived in the new Israel – sometimes hiding in plain sight
By Ghil‘ad Zuckermann
This file photo taken on February 14, 2020, shows the US multinational technology and internet-related services company Google logo in Brussels. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP)
July 13, 2023, 4:10 pm
Google launches Hebrew version of AI chatbot Bard
Update also allows image insertion in prompts and exporting code created by the service
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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
The Knesset's Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora Affairs Committee holds a hearing on Hebrew teacher shortages on January 18, 2023. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)
January 18, 2023, 7:13 pm
MKs demand solutions to Hebrew teacher shortage that is vexing new immigrants
Low pay blamed for months-long backlog for new arrivals seeking placement in language classes; fuming panel head knocks plan to offer vouchers for private lessons
By Judah Ari Gross
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
The 'Ishmael Papyrus,' a rare document from the First Temple period. (Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority)
September 7, 2022, 1:45 pm
Ingathering of the exiles? Extremely rare First Temple-era papyrus repatriated
2,700-year-old inscribed papyrus, a letter to ‘Ishmael’ written in early Hebrew script, joins only two others from biblical times. But that’s just the beginning of the story
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Podcast host Ira Glass (left) with Israeli author Etgar Keret at an evening at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, June 22, 2022. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 23, 2022, 10:03 am
Master storytellers: Ira Glass and Etgar Keret share the secrets of their craft
‘This American Life’ host and the celebrated Israeli author get together on a Tel Aviv stage to explore their friendship, tell a few tales and speak a little Hebrew
By Jessica Steinberg
Closeup of the outside of the arguably Late Bronze Age lead curse tablet discovered on Mount Ebal in 2019. (Michael C. Luddeni/Associates for Biblical Research)
March 24, 2022, 6:00 pm
Archaeologist claims to find oldest Hebrew text in Israel, including the name of God
Scholars date tiny ‘curse tablet,’ found at Mt. Ebal, to 1200 BCE – which would prove Israelites were literate when they entered Holy Land; but findings have not been peer-reviewed
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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’
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Employees work at the newly launched Jerusalem 24 radio station in Ramallah on October 7, 2021. (Abbas Momani / AFP)
November 5, 2021, 7:50 am
New Palestinian radio station seeks Israeli ears with its Hebrew broadcasts
The Ramallah-based Jerusalem 24 station says it criticizes both Israel and the Palestinian Authority, ‘but we do it professionally’
By Hiba Aslan
Visitors are pictured in the Israel pavilion during a media tour ahead of the opening of the Dubai Expo 2020 in the Gulf Emirate on September 27, 2021. (AFP via Getty Images)
October 31, 2021, 5:33 pm
Featured at Dubai Expo, a mixed Hebrew-Arabic script takes on new purpose
Revolutionary half-half lettering system ‘Aravrit’ was created to enable Jews and Palestinians to relate to each others’ language. Now it’s helping Israel and Arab nations connect
By Shira Hanau
Facebook employees take a photo with the company's new name and logo outside its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Thursday, October 28, 2021, after the company announced that it is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
October 30, 2021, 5:45 pm
Facebook’s new Meta handle means ‘dead’ in Hebrew
‘Don’t worry, we’re on it,’ tweets the ZAKA emergency service after the rebranding announcement, as Hebrew-speaking social media users poke fun at name change
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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