Ashamed Quote by Joshua Foer

My two sons speak Hebrew, and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live.

— Herman Wouk

Not now, for the last three thousand years, Hebrew has been penetrated and fertilized by ancient Semitic languages - by Aramaic, by Greek, by…

— Amos Oz

I work in Hebrew. Hebrew is deeply inspired by other languages. Not now, for the last three thousand years, Hebrew has been penetrated and…

— Amos Oz

I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year.

— Natalie Portman

I have trouble reading modern Hebrew. In the 1950s, I could read anything. I don't know how much experience you've had with contemporary Hebrew.…

— Noam Chomsky

Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.

— Zubin Mehta

I never learnt Hebrew because my health was fragile, and it was thought that learning Hebrew would be an added burden. I regret it,…

— Anita Brookner

Hebrew is deeply inspired by other languages.

— Amos Oz

I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.

— Zubin Mehta

Hebrew is the most wonderful of languages, a language of a thousand antonyms, hard and strong as steel, while soft and gleaming as gold.

— Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Judaism has always been a strong interest of mine. My two sons speak Hebrew and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature.…

— Herman Wouk

Bad English was the second language of Israel and bad Hebrew, of course, remained the national language.

— George Mikes