It’s 10:30 on a sunny spring morning at Ben Porat Yosef: The Sephardic Yeshiva of Bergen County, and the 3-year-olds are seated at low tables, nibbling on animal crackers. Surrounded by books, toys ...
To get some supplies for his edible dreidel, Rambam Day School third-grader Isaac Lichtman would have to ask for it in Hebrew. "Ani rotze marshmellow," the third-grader said, correctly translating "I ...
This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. For the past 643 consecutive ...
SPRING HILL — Learning Hebrew is important for a child wanting to learn about Judaism, says Rabbi Lenny Sarko. "English translations are nice, but the full breadth and depth of the Torah need to be ...