Wikipedia's first sentence called it “non-profit academic institution whose goal is to promote the learning of ancient and semitic languages”. Today it says “non-profit academic institution based in jerusalem”.
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The Jerusalem Institute of Languages and Humanities is a non-profit academic institution based in Jerusalem, Israel. It was founded in 2011 by an international group of scholars who aimed at a renewal of the humanities through the study of Western and Eastern cultural sources. Sharing the conviction that languages are the key to our cultural and spiritual heritage, these scholars sensed a need for change in the way ancient languages have been taught since the 19th century. With this in mind, they developed a teaching method intended to allow true language acquisition. Drawing from the most recent developments in Applied Linguistics and from the Israeli expertise in teaching Modern Hebrew (the Ulpan method), the Polis method attempts to teach the so-called "dead languages" the same way modern languages are usually taught: in a monolingual, full-immersive environment.1 The institute is located in Musrara , near the Old City of Jerusalem . Katarzyna Ochman, “Zmierzch cywilizacji łacińskiej czy początek szóstego renesansu?2
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Polis - The Jerusalem Institute of Languages and Humanities , is a non-profit academic institution whose goal is to promote the learning of ancient and Semitic languages . It is located in Musrara , near the Old City of Jerusalem .
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Non-profit academic institution based in Jerusalem, Israel Polis – The Jerusalem Institute of Languages and Humanities is a non-profit academic institution based in Jerusalem , Israel founded in 2011 which focuses on the humanities through the study of Western and Eastern cultural sources. The institute is located in Musrara , near the Old City of Jerusalem . Students come from more than thirty countries from six continents .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Non-profit academic institution based in Jerusalem, Israel Polis – The Jerusalem Institute of Languages and Humanities is a non-profit academic institution based in Jerusalem , Israel founded in 2011 which focuses on the humanities through the study of Western and Eastern cultural sources. The institute was founded by a team of seven scholars from different scientific backgrounds, religions, and countries, including Israel and is located in Musrara , near the Old City of Jerusalem . Students come from more than thirty countries from six continents .
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non-profit academic institution whose goal is to promote the learning of ancient and semitic languages
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non-profit academic institution based in jerusalem
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