Pope Francis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded words on Monday over the language spoken by Jesus two millennia ago. "Jesus was here, in this land. He spoke Hebrew," Netanyahu told ...

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“So Israel’s Prime Minister was arguing with the Pope over what language Jesus spoke” sounds like the setup to a weird joke. Which, actually, it is. Lasting just a few seconds, the dustup reflects ...

It is thought to have been spoken by Jesus Christ and his disciples more than 2,000 years ago. But now Aramaic, an ancient language related to both Hebrew and Arabic, is threatened with extinction as ...

CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, April 11, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Author of the Negro Question book series (Lee Cummings) is offering two classes online; a seven ...

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What do these three locales have in common: a remote village in Syria; Sydney, Australia; and the Old City of Jerusalem? The answer is: Aramaic, a dominant language in the ancient world. Now, Jews, ...

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 ...

Some of you may have been following the stories from Israel about a small group of Christian Arabs from the Galilee successfully petitioning the Israeli Ministry of Interior to register them as ...