A Voice for Hebrew
Academic and Professional Advisory Council
Board of Directors

The National Center for the Hebrew Language (NCHL) has positioned itself as the American advocate for the Hebrew language. The NCHL publishes a newsletter, Ivrit Now, and a vocabulary-building supplement, "Today’s Word." It maintains a Web Site, www.ivrit.org and an online discussion group for professionals. The NCHL participates in major meetings of Jewish communal and educational organizations, presents and publishes position papers on Hebrew, and is the founder of the "friend-raising" National Society of Lovers of the Hebrew Language.

The NCHL engages in cooperative program development with universities and national organizations. It undertakes and supports research activities, public programs, teacher-training, in-service education and professional development programs. The NCHL maintains a Hebrew Language Resource Center for both the general public and professionals in the field. It has a Board of Directors of national leaders in the Jewish community, an Honorary Board—consisting of such luminaries as Elie Wiesel, Cynthia Ozick, Ruth Wisse and Neal Kozodoy—and an Academic and Professional Advisory Council made up of the leaders in the field of Hebrew education and programming.

The National Center for the Hebrew Language recognizes that Ivrit, the Hebrew language, serves the interests of a great variety of enterprises in Jewish life. Hebrew is an instrument of empowerment for individuals, organizations and entire communities. The knowledge of Hebrew, from the most basic level to the most sophisticated, provides both real and psychic benefits to those who become increasingly skillful at it. It is a medium. It is a message. And it is a call to action.

The NCHL Web site, www.ivrit.org, is made possible by a grant from the Boris Shteinshleifer Fund.

Additional funding provided by the Belz Foundation, the Berman Foundation, and NCHL Board Members Debra Berger, Shoshana Cardin, Andrew Groveman, David Koschitzky, Mark Lainer, Herbert Newman, Ruth Popkin, Melvin Salberg, Ivan Michael Schaeffer, and Dr.Elizabeth Shulman.