What is the second language spoken in Israel?
Most Israelis speak Modern Hebrew, which is quite dissimilar to the language of scripture, Old Hebrew. The second official language is Arabic, although more Israelis speak English day-to-day. Yiddish has always been used and is still regularly used in some haredi Ashkenazi communities, but is in decline because of the passing of older Ashkenazi Jews. Not all Israelis are Ashkenazi Jews and Sephardi Jews speak Ladino, which is the second language of many.
