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Hebrew Becomes Hip in American Schools

(JNS) Faygie Holt - More than 6,600 students were learning Hebrew in a public-school or charter-school setting in 2018, according to a report issued by CASJE, the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education, and George Washington University's Graduate School of Education and Human Development. 35 schools were offering Hebrew-language classes - 17 elementary or middle schools, and 18 serving grades 9 through 12. Sharon Avni, who co-wrote the report, said, "The biggest surprise is that there are 2,000 students in traditional public schools studying Hebrew language."
2020-02-07 00:00:00
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