The Academy of the Hebrew Language Has Released a New Set of Words to Help Israelis Lean Less on English
The Academy of the Hebrew Language is a curious institution. Founded in 1953, in Israel’s socialist days, the AHL is Israel’s official state regulator of the Hebrew language: not only does it authorize the entry of new words into the dictionary, it also coins them. These new entries often occur at the request of a public frustrated by its reliance on using forms of bastardized English where no Hebrew alternative exists. But help is here.
On New Year’s Eve, the AHL published a new collection of words intended to help Israelis discuss their society without having to resort to loaning English words. Now, consider how well-spoken Israelis are thus expected to argue about the news, or other societal issues: