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Episode 92: Beyond the Binary: Making Hebrew More Gender-Inclusive

Can We Talk?

English - May 09, 2023 16:28 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 136 ratings
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Hebrew is a very gendered language; every noun in Hebrew is either feminine or masculine. So are pronouns, including “I” and “you.” This makes it nearly impossible to utter a sentence in Hebrew without using gender. So as a Hebrew speaker, how do you refer to a mixed-gender group? What about nonbinary people? In this episode of Can We Talk?, we speak with Michal Shomer, Dafna Eisenreich, and Tal Jenner-Klausner, three activists who are taking Hebrew beyond the gender binary and promoting a Hebrew language that includes people of all genders.