Tal Am: A Natural Approach to Hebrew Language Acquisition

Tal Am: A Natural Approach to Hebrew Language Acquisition

Tova Shimon is the director of Tal Am at the Bronfman Jewish Education Center of Montreal. She can be reached at tovas@talam.org. Stanley Peerless, a former Jewish day school principal, is currently an independent educational consultant in Jerusalem. He can be reached...

Tal Am: A Natural Approach to Hebrew Language Acquisition

What Happened to ‘Hebrew’ at Hebrew School?

Diana Yacobi, M.A. Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary. She has been a synagogue school director for the last ten years and has had lifelong involvement with synagogue school education. She has published a number of articles on supplementary Jewish...

Tal Am: A Natural Approach to Hebrew Language Acquisition

Why Can’t Jake Speak (or Read) Hebrew?

Zev bar-Lev has been teaching linguistics for 36 years. He developed a teaching method, “Sheltered Initiation Language Learning,” for which he has written courses for 30 languages and has published 30 articles in professional journals. He holds a BA in Russian from...

Tal Am: A Natural Approach to Hebrew Language Acquisition

Is Hebrew a “Second Language” for our Children?

Rahel Halabe is a graduate of Hebrew University (B.A. Arabic Language and Literature, Teaching and Translation diplomas). She lectures at the Vancouver School of Theology teaching Biblical Hebrew and has created and teaches the Vancouver Mini Ulpan...

Tal Am: A Natural Approach to Hebrew Language Acquisition

From the Classics: A Remnant of Tiktin

Levi Cooper (levi@pardes.org.il) teaches Jewish Studies at Machon Pardes and other university level programs in Jerusalem In the countryside of northeastern Poland, lies a sleepy village by the name of Tykocin. In days of old, two out of every three people in Tykocin...

Tal Am: A Natural Approach to Hebrew Language Acquisition

Getting the Discussion Started

The following is an excerpt from the book "This is My God." The first tractate of the Talmud, Benedictions, fixes the times and customs of saying the Sh'ma, does the same for The Eighteen, and then develops the blessings for all occasions of life. The antiquity of the...

Tal Am: A Natural Approach to Hebrew Language Acquisition

Interview with David Eliach

Rabbi Dr. David Eliach was dean of the Yeshivah of Flatbush for forty-three years. As noted by the United States House of Representatives, "Rabbi Eliach single-handedly inspired the parents and children of Flatbush, Brooklyn with his love and respect for the Hebrew...

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