Carol Hedges

They came at dawn. At least, that's how I imagine it. The truth is, I don't know when the actual knock at the door happened. But som...

So my Yiddish class is now on its annual break. This means that as a keen student and committed adult learner, it behoves me to continue wor...

This month (April) marks the festival of Passover (Pesakh in Yiddish), when Jewish communities and families remember the story of how the Je...

So, I have come to the conclusion that these gurus and so-called lifestyle experts who recommend learning a language in old age to keep the ...

                                                     Jews are probably the most travelled people on earth, and I'm not talking air miles...

  What makes me a Jew? It's a good question. And like everything else connected with Judaism, there isn't one single answer. Sorry. ...

The last time I studied a language, I was 12 years old. I wore a pleated navy skirt, shirt and tie, and sat in a room with 28 other girls. B...

Before embarking upon any new enterprise, it is always good to do some pre-prep. This is especially true when one is about to begin learning...

There are many reasons why one might decide to learn a new language in old age. The major one seems to be the incentive to stave off dementi...

   "I was one day dealing with a case in which a poor woman was in great distress of mind because she had got some washing to do and ha...