Modern Hebrew

1. The course is taught on two levels:

1. Hebrew Alef:
2. This beginner-level course introduces students to modern Hebrew, following the textbook First and Foremost. The course focuses on developing basic communication skills for everyday situations, while gradually building vocabulary, simple grammatical structures, and familiarity with the Hebrew script. Emphasis is placed on listening and speaking, alongside reading and writing, in order to support meaningful and practical language use from the start.

1. Hebrew Bet:

1. 1. Grammatical exercises
2. 2. Conversations and vocabulary
3. 3. Dictations
4. 4. Essays
5. 5. Reading texts and translations into Hebrew and English

About the teachers

Frida Schatz is Paideia’s Hebrew lecturer. She holds a BA and MA in Hebrew and French language and literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She also studied at the Sorbonne University in Paris. After studies Frida held positions as Hebrew lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at Universities in Paris, Frankfurt, and Copenhagen. She also worked for JDC for Russian Jews in Italy. After moving to Sweden, she taught Hebrew as a lecturer at the University of Lund and the University of Stockholm and worked as a translator between Swedish and Hebrew.

Michael Kisliuk is a certified Hebrew as a foreign language teacher with an academic background in Hebrew Language (MA) and Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (BA) from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has extensive experience teaching Hebrew to adults in all levels, with a strong focus on building a solid foundation for real-life communication. His teaching combines clear structure with a communicative, learner-centered approach, emphasizing confidence in speaking from an early stage.