Jewish Life & Learning

Hebrew Language Classes

The EDCJCC offers many levels of conversational Hebrew. Come learn with us in a welcoming and interactive environment designed for all skill levels.

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Overview

Interested in learning or perfecting your Hebrew language skills? You’re in the right place!

The Edlavitch DCJCC offers many levels of conversational Hebrew, from learning the aleph-bet to reading advanced literature. Our teachers are native Hebrew speakers with extensive teaching experience, including at the university level. No previous knowledge or experience is required. Click here to learn more about each class.

Interested in practicing your Hebrew skills outside of the classroom? Register here to join our drop-in Hebrew Conversation Circles on Thursday mornings!

About Our Classes

Not sure what class to take? Click through the menu items below to learn more about each level. Please note that not all classes will be offered every session.

Level 1 (Aleph): Beginners! This is the class for you if you need to learn the aleph-bet (Hebrew alphabet) and vowels from the beginning or almost beginning and start building your vocabulary.

Level 2 (Bet): This class is for students who have completed Aleph OR know the aleph-bet, can read, have started to gather vocabulary, and can say some simple sentences about their immediate surroundings.

Level 3 (Gimel): This class is for students who have completed Bet OR can read Hebrew fluently, have some vocabulary and a grasp of grammar, can handle a short conversation about daily life.

Level 4 (Dalet): This level is for students who can hold basic simple conversations, as well as read, comprehend, and answer questions about texts on a variety of topics, using present tense. The goals of the class include using causal clauses, using wider vocabulary while reading, discussing and presenting more complex texts.

Level 5 (Hey): This level is for students who can hold basic conversations, as well as read, comprehend, and answer questions about texts on a variety of topics in the present tense. Students in this class will learn the use of the infinitive in several forms and increase accuracy. The goals of the class include learning and mastering the infinitive, reading, comprehending, and discussing more complex texts, and creating presentations about a variety of topics while growing their vocabulary in reading, speaking and comprehension.

Levels 6/7 (Vav/Zayin): These levels focuses on building vocabulary, improving reading, and conducting conversations in past tense.

Level 8 (Chet): This class will be focusing on high-level reading, writing, and speaking, using advanced grammatical topics of past tense, conjugation of prepositions, and advanced impersonal form and expressions.

Level 9 (Tet): The Tet class is for students who have had significant experience in Hebrew. The class focuses on accuracy and review, using a mix of free conversation, student presentation, and the Yanshuf newspaper.

Level 10 (Yud): This class will be focusing on high-level reading, writing, and speaking, using advanced grammatical topics of past tense, future tense, prepositions, and other advanced material. The class will use various materials along with free conversation and student presentations.

Level 11 (Modern Israeli Literature): This class is open to speakers of Hebrew in the native and near-native levels. The class includes student presentations, class discussions and reading and interpretation of Israeli literature in its original form as well as other media sources including Israeli TV, movies and others.
This class requires instructor approval. Please check back soon for more information about how to enroll.

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