#ulpan

Pre-Covid, I was going to be in Jerusalem right now taking an intensive Hebrew Class at Hebrew U (funded by an International Experience Grant). Instead, I am taking a month-long Ulpan online through Haifa! Back in June the Jewish Studies department sent out an email letting us know about funding for credit-bearing classes and independent research. I obtained a grant of $750 to take this course ($1000), which was amazing!

My course has been challenging, but I’ve definitely learned a lot. I’m going to be taking the Fall semester off, but I plan to continue taking Hebrew. Ideally, I’ll continue taking Hebrew at Umass with the same Professor I took it with last semester. My Professor, Ofir, was an amazing teacher. I’ve always struggled with languages, but he explained everything in a way that made sense (I’ve actually been using some of the handouts he made for us during my ulpan). Right now, we’re talking about what level I should take next, which is very exciting!

After the exciting holiday season, I finally got to go back to my Hebrew class (Ulpan)!! We finished up the first chapter of our book and are moving on to more challenging material next week!

I took two semesters of college Hebrew during my time in undergrad and I never felt the same confidence in those classes as I do in this class. The teacher is very supportive and answers all questions we have.

To help reinforce my learning (since this class is only once a week) I use Duolingo. I am currently on an 8 day streak and hope to keep it up so I can keep learning and growing! Duolingo is an app that I 100% recommend if you’re trying to learn a new language. You can also use their sister app, Tiny Cards, to reinforce vocabulary through digital flash cards.

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Somewhere between pasta and rice "Israeli Couscous" - known as פתיתים in Hebrew - was developed in Israel in the 1950s when rice was hard to come by! In 1953, Israel's 1st Prime Minister David Ben Gurion asked Eugen Proper, one of the founders of the now well-known Osem food company, to come up with a wheat-based substitute for rice. Proper developed פתיתים which is made out of hard wheat flour and toasted in an oven.

Fun Fact: Ptitim is sometimes called "Ben Gurion Rice" and is not even a type of couscous! 

Maysoon Hameed comes home from work as a vice president of an Emirati bank, spends time with her family – and then begins a 90-minute live Hebrew class online.

“After the UAE signed [the Abraham Accords] with Israel, there are a lot of investment opportunities” for both sides, Hameed tells ISRAEL21c.