Links and learning aids

- My Hebrew Dictionary is an on-line resource containing groups of English words translated into Hebrew. The groups of words range from fruit and vegetables to basketball. The computer section itself has over 400 terms. The dictionary is unique because you do not need Hebrew fonts to display the Hebrew words. All words are displayed using graphics. The site loads quickly and the interface is simple. Anyone interested in learning new words of this ancient / modern language is invited to visit.

- The J Site - Jewish Education and Entertainment : This Jewish educational site includes: My Hebrew Songbook, Israel Geography Game, Language Match Game, Hebrew Sign Maker and more.

- Learn Hebrew - with audio and transliterations
http://www.learn-hebrew.co.il

Learn Hebrew is a free, on-line, educational resource to learn Hebrew words. The flash site incorporates 46 topics, along with over 1,700 Hebrew words and  phrases. Each Hebrew word is presented as an image  with nikud [vowels]. When you click on a word or phrase you can hear it spoken. The high quality audio was created in a sound studio.

The site is multilingual. The menus, transliterations and translations are in five languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish and Dutch.  

- The Jewish hotsites list is an up-to-date list of Jewish related sites on the Internet ranging for newspapers and magazines to Torah Learning sites

- Alefebet on the Net :The tutorials on this site are designed to reinforce vocabulary and spelling for beginning students of modern Hebrew. Some tutorials show words in Hebrew and ask for the English translation. Other tutorials display a series of simple words or phrases in English and ask the visitor to type in the Hebrew translation.   

- Starting with Aleph (uses Flash technology)       

- This is the new and improved site of the National Center for the Hebrew Languge in New York. Among its new categories are: an interactive panel of Hebrew experts, an international directory of Ulpanim, Hebrew poetry with text, sound, and commentary, links to sites having both audio and video, a series of articles on Hebrew roots and sources, a calendar of Hebrew events,a dossier of essays on the importance of Hebrew, and a Hebrew marketplace.

- Hebrew @ About.Com . A comprehensive and diverse portal/search engine focusing primarily on the Hebrew language. Provides numerous categories and links related to the Language and culture: Biblical and modern Hebrew, online and standard dictionaries, literature, translation, typing and more. Features "Hebrew 101," a collection of online resources providing lessons in conversational Hebrew for beginners: The alphabet, vocabulary, grammar and conversation lessons in both Hebrew and Latin letters.

Scola instant-class lessons contain newscasts from Israel in Hebrew. Every lesson includes an audio file, a Hebrew script of the broadcast, an English translation of the broadcast, a vocabulary and a quiz to check your understanding. In addition to improving your Hebrew ability, these lessons  will keep you up to date on current events in Israel 

- Discovering Hebrew - Welcome to ORT's Hebrew Language Series.
This is an interactive series under development for teaching modern Hebrew. The 60 units, when complete, will develop basic reading, listening and speaking skills in Hebrew. In the later levels, the units involve e-mailing your answers, using IRC and playing multi-user games in Hebrew.

Hebrew Bible Documents - These documents are based on internal links which highlight simultaneously a Hebrew sentence, the same sentence in transcription, and again in English translation. At this point, we offer a series of chapters from the Hebrew Bible, divided into short segments for easy viewing. Segments from the same chapter are linked to one another.

- The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature (ITHL) was founded in 1962 with the aim of acquainting foreign readers with the best of modern Hebrew literature. At first, translation was indeed its main function but in recent years its scope has broadened to such an extent that the Institute's name no longer reflects the true scope of its activity. Largely in response to its work, there has been a marked rise in world-wide interest in Hebrew literature in translation, as demonstrated by the large increase in the number of books published abroad.

- The Passing Phrase Page. Next time you visit the Holy Land, come equipped with enough Hebrew vocabulary to impress the locals! And we're not talking about text book Hebrew, we're talking about idiomatic Hebrew that is spoken on the streets of Israel by real Israelis!

- City Wall is a discussion area for "all things Hebrew." The name City Wall was inspired by the excerpt from the poem above. The beautiful image of collecting "a reflection of your day" seemed fitting for a discussion area.

- Verbs conjugated in romanized Hebrew. Look here for frequent additions.

- Center for Hebrew and Jewish Heritage. (The Jewish Agency for Israel)

- Beginners can check out the English-Hebrew conversation guide produced by Travlang. You can listen to the words.

- Download (1.8 MB) an English-Hebrew, (For Windows) electronic dictionary, from Ectaco.

- Hebrew Alphabet . Click on the letter to hear how it sounds .

- To begin your study of Hebrew, you should review the alphabet and discover cursive writing.

- The Internet Guide to Speaking Hebrew .

- Hebrew Slang Dictionary from Hebrew.about.com
Updated every weekday with a new slang or colloquial word or expression.

- New Hebrew expressions an words . From C.E.T - Rav Milim project. 

- For more advanced students, there is a conversational course, based on the book Rav Milon, by Edna Lauren and Liora Weinbach (french translation).

- The pedagogic centre of the Jewish Agency offers a course in English for beginners. The ten lessons at Hebrew Corner will teach you about words like Toda, H'anouka, Navi, Shalom and others.
- Unique Hebrew Words . Who in Israel would call pancakes mahvatiot ? If you're looking for the Hebrew words for modern civilization, as Ben Yehuda would have wanted them, here they are.

- Rosetta Stone is a FREE Java application designed to allow the most
efficient learning of a vocabulary of words. It ships with a list of
around 3000 Hebrew verbs, nouns, adjectives etc; beginning wordlists; the
Alphabet and Hebrew vocalisations. An Online Hebrew Tutorial is also available as part of the download - it is a complete, condensed set of language lessons to learn Hebrew.

HEB101 is designed for beginners who want to acquire
basic knowledge of Modern Hebrew in an interactive
learning environment. 

- Hebrew Institute of Boston is a non-profit corporation providing the following services: Translation and Notarization, Customized Ketubbot, Consultation on Hebrew Teaching Techniques & Program Developments, Hebrew Courses for Professionals, Hebrew Kindergarten, Bagrut-Israeli Matriculation Exams, International Center of Information, International Center of Information Registration.

- Hebrew Language at The University Of Texas at Austin. The site details vatious aspects of Hebrew education and research at the University of Texas at Austin, and provides Hebrew tutorials, video and audio clips, and tools for the study of Hebrew linguistics.

- University of Minessota - Hebrew exercises with sound files (Hebrew fonts required).

- Revival of the Hebrew Language
From the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website. Hebrew is the language of Israel. It re-emerged in the 1880s as a modern cultural medium, becoming a vital factor in the national revival movement which culminated in the creation of the State. Page includes info on Hebrew prose and poetry.

- 50 Years of Hebrew Songs
From the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website. Lyrics, music, English translations of some of the best Israeli songs in the last 50 years, including Jerusalem of Gold and The Song of Peace.

- Histadruth Ivrith of America is an organization which brings together diverse elements of Jewish life, people of all political stripes and social levels, who see Hebrew language as the language of the people of Israel and a prime vessel for the preservation of Jewish culture.

- Hadoar . A publication in the Hebrew language which describes the latest concerning Jews in the US and has the latest in modern Hebrew literature.

- Lamishpacha is an illustrated monthly periodical which is directed toward the adult whose knowledge of Hebrew is somewhat limited.

- A guide to Isreali literature and a revival of the Hebrew language.

- Biblical Hebrew and Modern Hebrew - a complete, Web-based, Hebrew program for all your Hebrew language and Biblical Literature needs.

- Introduction to Hebrew Grammar from Eliezer Appleton. 

- Hebrew Alphabet used in writing STA"M.

- The excellent site of the Grand Rabbinat du Québec also includes a course in french on the Hebrew alphabet (in French).

- Visit the site of fellow teacher Tsuguya Sasaki in Kobe, Japan to learn about the linguistics of Jewish languages.

- Visit Laure Spritzer, a professor at the Lycée Magendie in Bordeaux.

- Luc Faget alias Le P'tit Luc tells us (in French) about his discovery of Hebrew. Worthwhile reading!

"Nitzanim" - Hebrew Newspaper of SSDS in West Orange, NJ .
A magnificent, imformative website containing our award-winning Hebrew Newspaper. 

- Download documents in PDF format from Serge Frydman's desktop.

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