I’m sure that, originally, when they were teaching classes in person in cafes around Tel Aviv, they assumed their students would only stay for a few semesters, since they’d already done their official six months in Ulpan (when you move to Israel, you take a six-month Hebrew course sub...
Starting in elementary school, and now in my online Hebrew classes from Tel Aviv, I’ve been learning Modern Hebrew, the version of the language spoken in Israel today, and it is much more my speed than Biblical Hebrew. The last time I studied Biblical Hebrew, if I everreallystudied it,...
Rachel Edri of Ofakim and Doron Almog, chairman of the Jewish Agency seen outside a meeting of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with United States President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. (credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90) On Oct. 7, at 7 a.m., Rachel and David Edri ...
For now, accepting my own limitations and the state of the war, my plan is to take another online class through the Hebrew language school in Tel Aviv, where I’ve taken classes in the past. That way I can continue to build my confidence in speaking Hebrew and listening to Israelis, fo...
That’s the frame of the show, but the real drama is in how each of these four men work through their past mistakes and confront themselves and each other. What got to me the first time I watched this show was how completely Aviv’s character resonated for me – his inability to heal...
I’ve been in the same online Hebrew program from Tel Aviv for more than a year now, but each semester feels like a new experience, with new challenges. For the first session of this semester, back in late October, our new teacher spoke quickly and mostly in Hebrew, only clarifying a ...
Another theme was that what happens in Gaza impacts Tel Aviv, in terms of health, and air and water quality, as well as violence, and there are no walls high enough to change that. “Walls? Pfft.” One of the organizations on the zoom was a joint Jewish and Arab school in Israel ...
There are a lot of us who are fascinated with Hebrew for reasons of culture, ancestry, community, connection, family and on and on, rather than just wanting to be able to navigate the bus routes from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. I am still, usually, the only person in my classes who has ...