A good way to learn Hebrew

A friend of mine, Guy Sharett, is teaching Hebrew in Tel-Aviv in a unique and refreshing way. Check out his video from http://nocamels.com

[hat tip Lisa Goldman]

Guy’s approach, by teaching students in a real-life environment like cafes in Tel-Aviv, gives them an edge over those just studying at ulpans, who are learning the basic grammar. And with the budgets for ulpans continuously being slashed [and who knows if ulpans will even be around for very much longer] Guy’s methods might be the way forward.

Goldstone: Israel’s Eichmann trial pioneered universal jurisprudence

Judge Richard Goldstone, a Jewish South African judge who was the International Court’s war crimes prosecutor for Rwanad and Yugoslavia, and who will be heading the UN Human Rights Council’s latest mission to investigate Israeli war crimes during Operation Cast Lead, has said he has always found it hard to fathom that Jews could perpetrate racial discrimination.

While not directly affected by the Holocaust, Goldstone told the Leadel.net video portal that: “From a very early age I found it difficult to understand how Jews could participate in racial or other forms of discrimination having been on the receiving end for so many centuries.” Continue reading

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