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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. It's quite difficult.

I didn't go to Hebrew school.

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

When I say a spoken Hebrew sentence, half of it is like the King James Bible and half of it is a hip-hop lyric. It has a roller-coaster effect.

I speak Hebrew excellently.

There is no other language as similar to Hebrew like Arabic.

Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.

I do not speak Hebrew, but I understand that it has no word for 'history.' The closest word for it is memory.

I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.

Hebrew in America has a bemusing past. The Puritans, out of scriptural piety, once dreamed of establishing Hebrew as the national language.