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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 615

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A humpback whale near New Caledonia. (Operation Cetaces)
February 10, 2025, 5:37 pm
Groaning and moaning underwater, humpback whales talk much like humans, Israelis find
Peer-reviewed research by Hebrew University and Edinburgh University experts suggests such patterns might also shape sounds made by other animals, including songbirds and bats
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of writing on a blackboard in a language class with the text "Arabic" written on it. (Juan Ci/Shutterstock)
March 5, 2024, 8:43 am
Online Arabic schools show ‘huge leap’ in students during Israel-Hamas war
Uptick attributed to a desire to know the enemy and communicate with neighbors; in-person adult classes reportedly less popular
By Gavriel Fiske
Loora's generative AI English-language learning coach. (Courtesy)
June 28, 2023, 4:10 pm
Master English fluency: Israeli startup nabs $9.25m funding for virtual AI tutor
Loora says its personalized English-language learning coach helps users practice and improve conversation skills with real-time feedback on grammar, pronunciation, and accent
By Sharon Wrobel
This file photo taken on October 28, 2021 shows the Meta logo on a laptop screen in Moscow. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP)
October 20, 2022, 9:49 pm
Meta touts AI tool, developed partly in Israel, that translates spoken-only language
Tech titan bills work as a ‘step toward a future where simultaneous translation between languages is possible’; Tel Aviv R&D center developers among global Meta AI teams in project
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustrative: In this Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, photo the word pandemic is displayed in a dictionary in Washington. Merriam-Webster on Monday announced “pandemic” as its 2020 word of the year. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
September 8, 2022, 8:46 pm
Merriam-Webster adds pumpkin spice, ICYMI to dictionary
‘Words offer a window into our ever-changing language and culture,’ says Merriam-Webster’s editor Peter Sokolowsk
By Mark Pratt
A Blend.ar participant volunteering at a restaurant in Abu Ghosh, October 2021. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 6, 2021, 8:43 am
Immersive Arabic program invites Israelis to blend into life in Abu Ghosh
Chen Kupperman’s innovative courses at Blend.ar teach more than just language — they bring participants to live, work, eat and socialize with Israeli Arabs around the clock
By Aviva Bar-Am
(Wikimedia Commons; collage by Grace Yagel/ via JTA)
October 15, 2021, 11:44 pm
Oxford courses on 12 rare Jewish languages aim to keep heritages alive
The classes, which began this week, run for an hour a week online and are free for all students
By Michelle Krasovitski
Middle East school II, one of the several schools located at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, in Monterey, California, August 6, 2002. (Kim Kulish/Corbis via Getty Images via JTA)
April 7, 2021, 3:44 pm
Elite US military language school drops Hebrew course after 35 years
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center says demand has fallen below the threshold needed to sustain a course
By Ron Kampeas
The weekly Stammtisch meetings, hosted in this photo by Gaby Glueckselig in 2015, draw young and old alike. (Courtesy Shani Bar On/ from 'Almost a Ritual' by Emil Rennert)
August 30, 2020, 3:58 am
After 80 years of meetings, will NY’s German salon also survive COVID-19?
Gathering with weekly precision since 1943, Stammtisch, or regulars’ table, has hosted many illustrious guests; now the pandemic sends group with many Holocaust survivors online
By Hannah Harnest
Illustrative: Students at Harlem Hebrew Academy charter school have Hebrew incorporated into all subjects save for English language arts. (Courtesy: Hebrew Public)
December 24, 2019, 11:39 pm
Secular immersion schools could save Modern Hebrew programs in US universities
Charter schools such as Harlem Hebrew throw students of all backgrounds into the language. The challenge, teachers say, is to keep them studying for life
By Cathryn J. Prince
A sample of the offerings at Meshuggah Bagels in Kansas City. (Victor Wishna/JTA)
December 7, 2018, 9:03 pm
PETA: ‘Bring home the bagel’ — not the bacon
Activist animal rights group suggests list of animal- and fauna-friendly alternatives to common idioms
By JTA
Illustrative: People hold up placards and Union flags as they gather for a demonstration organized by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism outside the head office of the British opposition Labour Party in central London on April 8, 2018. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)
August 23, 2018, 3:25 am
What’s in a hyphen? Why writing anti-Semitism with a dash distorts its meaning
Regularly spelled with a hyphen in American English but without in academia, some experts claim the punctuation mark slashes the word’s potency
By Matt Lebovic
Linguist and Arabic teacher Anwar Ben-Badis teaching and guiding in Jerusalem's Katamon neighborhood during one of his intensive courses (Courtesy Anwar Ben-Badis)
January 21, 2018, 11:32 am
Al-salam alaikum! Is it finally time for Israelis to learn Arabic?
Teachers and language schools are noticing a rise in the number of locals learning Arabic, although attitudes and angles depend on who’s teaching, and where
By Jessica Steinberg
Members of the native American Wampanoag tribe, the tribe which celebrated the first Thanksgiving with Pilgrims in 1621. (Screen capture: YouTube)
November 24, 2017, 9:41 am
Thanksgiving tribe reclaims language lost to colonization
The Wampanoag of Massachusetts, whose ancestors hosted famed harvest celebration with Pilgrims in 1621, rediscover tongue unspoken for six generations
By Philip Marcelo
Screenshot from a Google presentation on the new Google Earbuds for PIxel phones that can translate in real time in 40 languages. (Screenshot/YouTube)
October 6, 2017, 2:07 am
Google earbuds offer real-time translation; Hebrew not included
Pixel Buds, synched to new Pixel smartphones, promise translations of conversations in any of 40 languages
By AFP and ToI Staff
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