Kayitz Kef/Hebrew at Camp gives American Jewish youth the ability to converse in Modern Israeli Hebrew and to own contemporary Israeli culture as part of who they are. Hebrew provides rich and ...
(JNS) Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Israeli-American Council (IAC) has been growing an innovative online learning program, the OFEK Hub, to teach Hebrew language, Israeli culture, Jewish history ...
As a teacher of language and culture, this film spoke to me deeply. It reminded me that what happens in that private living room is exactly what we strive to do in every classroom. We aren’t just ...
Some Hebrew students face a difficult task: describing themselves or what they are doing, partly due to the language’s strict gender rules. But thanks to a CU Boulder student and an instructor, a ...
A instructor at a Roman Catholic college was reported today to be conducting a summer institute in modern Hebrew for secondary school teachers at a Yeshiva University college. Dr. Charles C. Daly, ...
Denise Lockett, an African American and Catholic grandmother, sat in the lobby of a District charter school waiting to deliver lunch to her 9-year-old grandson. “I’m Kobe’s savta,” she said with a ...
It’s common for young Jews to study Hebrew until the age of 13 — and then never interact with the language again. Hebrew school students learn the alphabet, but often have little understanding of what ...
A few years ago, when I asked the head of Renk Theological College in Southern Sudan to name his top priority for the school’s faculty and curriculum, he said without hesitation: “We need biblical ...
The recent article in The Forward by Aviya Kushner “No One’s Studying Hebrew Anymore — That’s A Big Problem should not be taken lightly. Ms. Kushner calls attention to a serious failure of our Jewish ...
Here are five reasons why the Super Bowl is a first-class pedagogical opportunity: ...
The Consortium for the Teaching of Hebrew Language and Culture at Brandeis University and the Hebrew Olympiad at Tel Aviv University are pleased to announce the second year of their collaboration.