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Conversational Hebrew for Beginners with Susie Chalom
Meets online Mondays, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Session Dates
Monday, Feb 9 | Monday, Feb 16 | Monday, Feb 23 | No class March 2 | Monday, March 9 | Monday, March 16 | Monday, March 23 | Monday, March 30 | No class April 6 | No class April 13 | Monday, April 20 | Monday, April 27 | No class May 4 | Monday, May 11 | Monday, May 18 | No class May 25 | Monday, June 1
Course Description
Dreaming of learning Hebrew? Now’s your chance! Join us for a fun and lively weekly Zoom class with fellow Twin Cities learners.
This college-level course, designed by Susie Chalom, is perfect for beginners. The curriculum and price are tailored for busy adults. You’ll start with basic Hebrew conversation and quickly find yourself chatting about everyday topics. We’ll spice things up with current events, songs, and videos.
Class participants are responsible for obtaining the course textbook and workbook prior to the first session. Publisher information and purchase link below:
First and Foremost Hebrew for Beginners and More (Barosh Uvarishona Ivrit Laramat Matchilim Veod), Textbook + Workbook
Authors: Goni Tishaler and Ateret Yarden-Barak
List Price: $56.00
ISBN 13: 978-965-350-181-2
Catalog Number: HEB NF
Year Published: 2018
Purchase from Gefen Publishing
Purchase from Amazon
Please make sure you’re familiar with Hebrew letters and their sounds before class starts. Need help? Learn to Read Hebrew in 6 Weeks (Hebrew for Beginners) by Miiko Shaffier and Ken Parker is an excellent starter for learning the Aleph-Bet (Hebrew alphabet) independently; please contact Susie Chalom for additional online resources.
Instructor Bio
Susie Chalom has been a Jewish educator in the Twin Cities since 1970, when she began teaching Hebrew and Torah at Talmud Torah of Minneapolis.
Before that, in Israel, she taught English to soldiers in the IDF.
She studied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, and Literature at Tel Aviv University, and has continued lifelong Jewish learning through the Melton Bible Training at Camp Ramah, the Gratz College M.A. program in Jewish Studies, and advanced study at the Whizin Institute, American Jewish University, Pardes Yeshiva, the Conservative Yeshiva, and the Shalom Hartman Institute.
Her spiritual practice was further enriched through a two-year fellowship with the Jewish Spirituality Institute, where she is a member of the JSI Hevraya.
For 27 years Susie served as Education Director at Adath Jeshurun, and then as Executive Director of Talmud Torah of Minneapolis for a decade, retiring in 2016. She went back to her first love, teaching Torah, Tanach, and Jewish studies to 5th and 6th graders at TT Minneapolis, remaining until 2024. Over the past two years, she has worked at Talmud Torah of St. Paul as Director of the Afternoon School and Midrasha, bringing her dedication, creativity, and commitment to excellence.
She continues to teach adult Hebrew conversation classes.
Course fee
$300 (12 sessions)
Tuition assistance is available. Please contact [email protected] to apply.
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