Hebrew in all its pronunciations is the national heritage of the entire Jewish people — not just those who live in Eretz Yisrael.

The sound known in Hebrew grammar as the mobile shewa is often non-pronounced, such as in the pronunciations “zman” rather than “zeman” for time, which corresponds to the Ashkenazic tradition.

“The pronunciation is near enough and good enough,” said Breuer. “In reality, there are Hebrew speakers in Israel with all different accents.

Research center works to save myriad Hebrew dialects shaped by millennia of wandering Israel’s Academy of the Hebrew Language has been preserving a treasure trove of accents and pronunciations ...

101 Hebrew pronunciation for English-speakers It doesn’t matter how great the authorities and how many the ignorant, it is still wrong to call our upcoming Torah Portion of the Week “ Shoftim.” ...