Dr. Rivka Bliboim was a senior teacher of Hebrew at the Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem; she has also headed the teacher-training program in Hebrew as a second language, and the four-year program at the Rothberg School. Her main research interests were in the semantics-syntax interface, functional syntax, language and culture, second-language acquisition, and historical Hebrew. Dr. Bliboim has been a visiting scholar and lectured abroad on Biblical and Modern Hebrew in a number of academic settings: Oxford University, Columbia University, and the University of Oslo, among others. Her published works include: Syntax +, Hebrew with a Capital H, Hebrew Inside Out, and more. She has also published many articles on Hebrew language. In addition, Dr. Bliboim edited academic writing. She passed away in 2014.