Learn key phrases in Hebrew, listen to Hebrew audio and find out about the alphabet.

It’s common for young Jews to study Hebrew until the age of 13 — and then never interact with the language again. Hebrew school students learn the alphabet, but often have little understanding ...

Yakira is the founder of Hebrew Guru and Mensch World Books and the author of How to Be a Jew Today and the LEARN TO READ HEBREW IN 18 STEPS book series. She is also a co-owner of Torah Rental LA.

“It takes place after school, when they want to go to the mall or play music or basketball.” Hebrew is a phonetic language with a 22-letter alphabet that is read from right to left.

At Hasan Salama prep school in Gaza City, dozens of female 9th-graders learn to write the Hebrew alphabet’s handwritten script.

She is one of the more than 1.7 million other people who use Duolingo to learn Hebrew — including around 100,000 teens under the age of 18, according to a Duolingo spokesperson.