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What is it that makes people fall in love?

Oxford University Press announces Word of the Year 2023

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Mother reading to a baby girl.

Reading nursery rhymes and singing to babies can help them learn language

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Your Astrology Language Reviews

Your Astrology Language - 2023 Astrology Reading Program Reviews

Children at Beersheba’s Hagar bilingual school read together

The unexpected benefits of being bilingual - study

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Parents and students participating at AMIT Rehovot.

Israeli school teaches English through hands-on art

By JORDANA BENAMI

Lights along the Champs-Elysees with the Arc de Triomphe in the background.

How do cities, countries get their nicknames? - explainer

By RUTH BELOFF

phone center

Dozens of interpreters assisting Israeli citizens, residents to overcome language barrier

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Boaz Yosef looks at the damage caused to the promenade in Tiberias as a result of strong winds, May 15, 2022

Getting justice in Tiberias over a law and bad English - comment

MiSendero, a program in which recent immigrants and native English speakers studying Spanish help one another, now has a presence in multiple schools in California and Florida.

California Jewish teen helping Spanish-speaking learners become teachers

By Elana Sztokman/JTA

A Jewish siddur written in Hebrew.

Israeli Hebrew didn’t kill Yiddish, as new NYC exhibit shows it gave a new nest to live - opinion

By GHIL'AD ZUCKERMANN/JTA

THE NEW YORK Times building in Manhattan.

NYT op-ed: Hebrew symbolizes 'far-right Israeli militarism'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hebrew language (Illustrative).

Meta releases AI model for translating speech between dozens of languages

By REUTERS

A conceptual illustration of the passage of memories from the hippocampus to the cerebral cortex during the night. Cover illustration by Osnat Feitelson.

How does bilingualism impact memory? - study

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Israelis walks next to Bank Leumi in Jerusalem.

Bank Leumi to launch app with services in English

By Walla!

Al Pacino in ‘And Justice for All’

Legalese: What are the origins of legal jargon?

By RUTH BELOFF

THE NAMES of the writer’s family are cleverly displayed in this picture.

What's in a name? How to choose a name for your baby - comment

By ANDREA SAMUELS

Kushan script on an ancient Kushan ring

Ancient Kushan script deciphered after 70 years - what does it say?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

WORKS BY Eliran Jan, Karen Knorr and Pavel Wolberg are part of ‘The Language of the Liminal’ at the Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art.

American psychologists: the mere detection of hateful language is not a real solution

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH