Editing Israelis (section)

==Languages==
{{main|Languages of Israel}}
[[File:Masada road sign.jpg|thumb|upright|Trilingual road sign in Israel]]
Due to its immigrant nature, Israel is one of the most multicultural and multilingual societies in the world. [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] are the official languages in the country, while English and Russian are the two most widely spoken non-official languages. Yiddish (2%) and French (2%) are also spoken.<ref>{{cite news|last=Druckman|first=Yaron|title=CBS: 27% of Israelis struggle with Hebrew|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4335235,00.html|access-date=24 January 2014|newspaper=Ynet|archive-date=15 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064200/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4335235,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A certain degree of English is spoken widely, and is the language of choice for many Israeli businesses.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} Courses of Hebrew and English are mandatory in the [[Bagrut|Israeli matriculation exams]] (''bagrut''), and most schools also offer one or more out of Arabic, Spanish, German or French.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} The Israeli government also offers free intensive Hebrew-language courses, known as ''[[ulpan]]im'' (singular ''ulpan''), for new Jewish immigrants, to try to help them integrate into Israeli society.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}