When it comes to reading Hebrew, one of the hardest things for Hebrew beginners and even those more advanced to do is to easily decipher a foreign-language word that has been adapted to Hebrew. Over the next 3 months we will be posting each month a list of 10 such words. Here is the first [...]
Israeli newspapers are a great resource for practicing Hebrew and learning new terms. For years Hebrew teachers have used them to give Hebrew students exposure to every day Hebrew and topics. The problem is that unless you know some key words of the topics usually discussed it can be hard to follow, especially when it [...]
Recently my friends and I decided to make ice cream. While making the ice cream we were discussing different desserts, directions and ingredients. Here are some of the terms in Hebrew that we discussed.
While my friends and I didn’t get a chance to capture our making ice cream on video, here is a very [...]
If you want to learn or practice Hebrew on the go and are one of the millions who own an iPhone or iPhone 2.0 or are considering getting one, you should know that it can be very beneficial for learning languages, such as Hebrew. Here is a partial list of ways its features can help [...]
A new show recently debuted in Israel called “Srugim.” The show, named after the knitted yarmulkes that Religious Nationalists wear in Israel, follows the lives of a group of single friends living in Jerusalem. In the show’s pilot episode, there is a brief scene in which some of the show’s characters interact with an immigrant, [...]
I received an email a few days ago from friends of mine in Jerusalem recounting an event that happened to them when they were preparing for dinner on Friday night. One of the guests they invited for the meal was helping them prepare something when she cut her finger on a knife. The cut was [...]
Israel is a young country (60 years old) that has had a constant influx of immigrants from all over the world since its establishment. In the 1950s and 1960s there was a huge influx of (Mizrachi) Jews moving from surrounding Arab countries to Israel. After the fall of the Soviet Union, hundreds of thousands of [...]
