I did not mean to write a book about my mother tongue going extinct – because if you’d told me, at any point in my childhood ...

He also plans to take courses in Judeo-Neo-Aramaic, a language with an estimated 60 speakers left. “Knowing a language is one thing, but getting to learn and improve together with other people ...

But few families remained. Maaloula is one of the world’s few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria’s two oldest ...

Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria's two oldest active monasteries.

The Hebrew Bible's moral language and stories of God's promises redeemed have provided a shared point of reference for all of American history. But if we continue to lose that shared language ...