Jewish Studies prof alters Hebrew language to be more 'gender inclusive'
A Jewish Studies professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder is teaching an altered version of the Hebrew language, meant to be more inclusive to those who do not identify with a particular gender.
The Nonbinary Hebrew Project began as a collaboration between a gender non-conforming student and Jewish Studies professor Eyal Rivlin to solve the supposed problem that the language left “little to no room for those who identify as nonbinary.” The student who was used to using pronouns that have come to be known as “gender-neutral,” such as “they” and “them,” reportedly faced a “special set of challenges” when studying Hebrew due to the fact that many Hebrew words, like most other languages, require the speaker to assign a gender to them....