Hebrew Language
Balashon
A blog exploring Hebrew language, Biblical, Talmudic, Medieval and Modern. Also covers Aramaic, Arabic, Akkadian and Yiddish. Focuses on etymology and includes an extensive list of related resources on the web.
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Behrman House
Behrman House offers a wide variety of free digital & multimedia tools for Jewish educators at all grade levels, from early childhood through adult education, in both Hebrew language & Judaica. The site also offers tech tools and advice for educators interested in integrating more mutlimedia & non-print resources into the Jewish classroom.
- Databases and Resource Centers
- Interactive Resources
CAJE Miami Film Library
CAJE Miami's Film Library includes videos on such topics as American Jewry, Bible, Holidays, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish Identity, Professional Development, and Values/Ethics. There are films in Hebrew and Yiddish as well. Videos may be borrowed by CAJE-Miami affiliated schools and Orloff CAJE staff at no charge. A $5.00 fee, per video, will be charged to all other borrowers.
- Organizations - Central Agencies
- Databases and Resource Centers - Resource Centers
- Audio
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Eco Campus
Eco Campus is an interactive website that connects classrooms through a social network and environmental curriculum focused on Jewish values. The site is available in both Hebrew & English, and includes areas for parents, teachers and students.
- Interactive Resources - Online Communities and Social Networks
- Images
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FlashcardExchange
An online, user-generated flashcard library, including a Hebrew language collection. Flashcards are web-based, meaning they appear in the browser without any software. Users can share flashcards and store their own flashcard projects online.
- Databases and Resource Centers - Curriculum Banks - Hebrew Curriculum
- Interactive Resources
Gemara Berura
Gemara Berura is a structured methodology supported by computer-based help tools and support mechanisms for learning and teaching Gemara. The computer program works with the original Gemara text, and can be used to study any sugiya contained in the Shas. Gemara Berura also provides access to a growing data-bank of specific sugiot and lesson-plans prepared by the program's development team. The program can be used by individual learners, chevrutot, study groups, and students in classrooms. Using Gemara Berura helps learners acquire the skills necessary for understanding the text and its structure. The central aim of Gemara Berura is to help learners analyze the unique structure of the Gemara text.
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Hebrew in America
Programs offered by the UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey. Schools choose between three separate programs to teach Hebrew in their early childhood classrooms. All three programs advocate a strong Hebrew environment in the early childhood classroom and the use of Hebrew in classroom management.
- Programs and Initiatives
- Databases and Resource Centers - Curriculum Banks - Hebrew Curriculum
Israel and the Place of Modern Hebrew in Jewish Education Worldwide: A Consultation about the Possibilities for Hebrew Language Instruction
A report submitted to the Research and Development Unit, Department of Jewish Zionist Education, the Jewish Agency for Israel. The study presents a survey of the state of instruction in the modern Hebrew language in or for Jewish communities outside Israel.
Israel and the Place of Modern Hebrew in Jewish Education Worldwide (Link)
- Research Reports and Studies
JewishWebcasting.com
JewishWebcasting.com provides a gateway to Jewish TV, radio, webcast and podcast programming on the internet. It presently links to over 400 websites and 25,000 programs of Israeli and Jewish content. Programs are listed alphabetically and by category, to provide convenient location of webcasts. The site also provides a search engine allow searching the website and its listings using keywords.
Among the program categories on the site:
- Radio & TV
- News
- Israel
- Judaism
- Music
- Hebrew
- Organizations
- Youth
- Women
- History
- Holocaust
- Jewish Literacy Project
- Databases and Resource Centers - Resource Centers
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Kesher
Kesher, Hebrew for "connection", is a program that combines after-school child care with excellence in Jewish and Hebrew learning. With respect and camaraderie in a joy-filled, nurturing environment, we foster Jewish knowledge, sense of community and a vitality of spirit that makes our children proud, educated Jews. Children and their families come to value Jewish learning as a natural process, unfolding throughout their lives.
- Programs and Initiatives
L'shoneinu
L'shoneinu, a project of the Bureau of Jewish Education Los Angeles, has played a key role in strengthening teachers' effectiveness in the classroom through providing continuing professional training to educators.
L'shoneinu targets early childhood and elementary age children attending BJE affiliated early childhood centers, day schools, and religious schools. In 2007-2008, more than 700 children at 15 schools are engaged in intensive and creative Hebrew language education through the L'shoneinu program.
- Organizations - Central Agencies
- Databases and Resource Centers - Curriculum Banks - Hebrew Curriculum
Learn Hebrew Prayers.com
Introduction to Jewish prayer; provides beginners with access to the most important prayers and blessings, including Hebrew text, word by word with English translation and transliteration, and a variety of associated readings, recordings and commentaries.
- Organizations - Companies
- Databases and Resource Centers - Curriculum Banks - Hebrew Curriculum
- Databases and Resource Centers - Curriculum Banks - Shabbat Curriculum
- Databases and Resource Centers - Curriculum Banks - Holiday Curriculum
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Learn Hebrew Vocabulary Online for free
You can now learn Hebrew online for free and increase your vocabulary with eHebrew.org's dictionary of English & Hebrew terms organized by topic.
http://www.ehebrew.org is a new and one of a kind website to help anyone learn Hebrew quickly. What sets this website apart from other English to Hebrew Dictionaries is that the words are organized into distinct topics, teaching students the most common and useful words in each topic.
With over 1,000 terms and growing, http://www.ehebrew.org looks to be the premier thematically organized He ...
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Moreshet
Moreshet: the Hebrew literacy project is a joint venture between the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland and the Siegal College of Judaic Studies. The mission of Moreshet is to promote Hebrew literacy in the community. The Moreshet program focuses on encouraging the study and use of Hebrew and has different components including Moreshet Teacher Development, a Hebrew crash course for adults, and a monthly Hebrew Storytime for children.
- Organizations - Academic Institutions
- Organizations - Central Agencies
- Events
- Programs and Initiatives - Non-Degree Programs
National Jewish Outreach Program
The National Jewish Outreach Program was founded in 1987, by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, in response to the urgent need to address the issues of Jewish assimilation and intermarriage. Since its founding, NJOP has become one of the largest outreach organizations in the world. NJOP reaches out to unaffiliated Jews by offering them positive, joyous, Jewish educational opportunities and experiences.
- Organizations - National and International Organizations
- Programs and Initiatives - Non-Degree Programs
NETA
NETA is an innovative Hebrew language curriculum designed for students in grades 7-12. It was created by Hebrew language curriculum specialists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is administered by Hebrew College and supported by The AVI CHAI Foundation.
- Databases and Resource Centers - Curriculum Banks - Hebrew Curriculum
Shamash: The Jewish Network
Shamash: The Jewish Network, strives to be the highest quality central point of Jewish information and discussion on the Internet. Our mission is to provide state-of-the-art Internet tools to Jewish organizations and individuals who maintain discussion forums for the benefit of the Jewish community.
Shamash is the oldest and best known Jewishly oriented service accessible through the Internet. Shamash serves the full spectrum of Jewish religious, educational, cultural, communal, and social service organizations interested in utilizing new electronic technologies to share information and deliver services to the Jewish community worldwide.
Shamash is a project of Hebrew College Online which is also the home of Hebrew College's On Line Courses.
- Databases and Resource Centers - Resource Centers
Tal Am: A Natural Approach to Hebrew Language Acquisition
An article from Jewish Educational Leadership, the online journal of the Lookstein Center.
In light of recent neuro-scientific research on brain-based learning and applied research on language instruction, it is imperative that we reconsider our approach to Hebrew teaching in Jewish day schools. In this paper, we will examine ways in which this research has been incorporated in our development of the Tal Am curriculum. We will discuss the significance of the age variable, instructional design, methods of instruction, types of pedagogic materials, and the learning environment. We will also relate to the potential tension in Hebrew language instruction between Hebrew as a communicative language and Hebrew as a heritage language.
Teaching Hebrew in Early Childhood in the Diaspora: Reflections on the Nitzanim Program
This article describes the goals and features of the Nitzanim Program, a program for teaching Hebrew to children in the Diaspora between the ages of 5 and 8 years old. Nitzanim is a product of the Melton Centre for Jewish Education of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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- Databases and Resource Centers - Curriculum Banks - Hebrew Curriculum
Teen Programming at The Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago
The Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago offers excellent programs for adolescents including Rosh Chodesh – It’s a Girl Thing for 6th-8th graders, Ta’am Yisrael: The 8th Grade Israel Experience, Panim el Panim for high school juniors and seniors, and Write On for Israel in partnership with the JUF News for high school juniors. CFJE also serves as a key resource for the public high schools’ Hebrew language courses.
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