About This Course
This course will offer students an immersive journey through classical Hebrew. Throughout the course students will engage regularly with topics such as Israel, spirituality, politics, and history. This learning will help them develop their ability to explore these topics with everyone in a deep and meaningful way.
This course is live and is offered in the Zoom classroom on Tuesdays at 8:00PM Eastern.
This course’s content and assignments are updated on a week-by-week basis. Note the titles of each unit “week one”, “week two”, etc.
Course Objectives
To further develop and enrich the student’s Hebrew skills as well as their capacity to leverage the Hebrew language in unpacking current and critical topics in both Judaism and modern society. To enhance the student’s comfort engaging with both modern and classical Hebrew texts. To further develop the student’s skill set in Hebrew roots, vocabulary, and syntax.
Meet Your Instructor
Originally from Israel, Hadassah Wrightman is a certified teacher who recently retired from The Leffell School (formally Schechter Westchester) after thirty-six years as a Hebrew instructor to all grade levels, and serving as department chair for Hebrew and Judaic Studies. Hadassah is proud to be a “student-centered” teacher, always focusing on the learning needs of her students first and constantly seeking new ways to engage with her students and improve their learning experience. To that end, Hadassah has also worked directly with teachers to improve their instruction and learning in multiple areas.
Certification, Hebrew Language and Tanakh, Kfar HaNoar HaDati Teachers' College
Certification, Education, Specializing with Working with Trouble Youth, Beit Rutenberg
