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The Hebrew language, a rich repository of Jewish culture and prime conveyor of that culture through literature and through the spoken language, is the thread that binds the Jewish people across continents and millennia.
The Academy of the Hebrew Language (Hebrew: הָאָקָדֶמְיָה לַלָּשׁוֹן הָעִבְרִית, ha-akademyah la-lashon ha-ivrit) was established by the Israeli government in 1953 as the "supreme institution for scholarship on the Hebrew language in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem of Givat Ram campus."
As defined in its constitution, the Academy’s functions are to investigate and compile the Hebrew lexicon according to its historical strata and layers, to study the structure, history, and offshoots of the Hebrew language and to direct the development of Hebrew in light of its nature, requirements, and potential and its daily and academic needs.
ACADEMY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE, Israeli institution that is the supreme authority on the Hebrew language. Established by the Knesset in accordance with the "Law for the Supreme Institute for the Hebrew Language, 1953," it succeeded the Hebrew Language Committee ( Va'ad ha-Lashon ha-Ivrit ) inaugurated in Jerusalem in 1890.
The Friends of the Academy of Hebrew Language is an American nonprofit that raises funds to support the vision, mission, and work of the Academy in Jerusalem. The Board of the Friends is comprised of donors and leaders who work together with the Academy to achieve the Academy’s goals.
באתר האקדמיה תוכלו למצוא מידע עשיר ומגוון על המילים העבריות ועל סוגיות בלשון העברית, לקבל תשובות לשאלות, על העברית ומועדי ישראל, להשתעשע בחידונים, לקרוא מאמרים ועוד.
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The Academy’s job is to oversee all things Hebrew — researching the history of the language, establishing standards for grammar, setting style guides, and making new Hebrew words. The Israeli government saw the use of Hebrew as a deliberative act of national identity formation, and so Hebrew became a major national project to develop a ...
