Tarbuton - Hebrew - Israel - Culture - Community

I came into contact originally with Professor Zev bar-Lev, SDSU, and his colleague Alana Shuster when I was hunting for hebrew teachers for the Ivrit B’Ivrit program we started in Carmel Valley for our pre-school kids.  They have a rather unique method of teaching language. 

Since then, I’ve received e-mails in transliterated hebrew from several people enrolled in the program.  I’m really impressed with the progress of the adults who are taking these classes and all I can say is Kol Ha Kavod to the instructors and the participants.  Its really a wonderful thing. 

For those reasons, while I don’t have personal experience with either the instructors or the classes I recommend this Ulpan if you want to learn Hebrew and are living in San Diego and you don’t mind a rather unusual but seemingly effective approach.

Go here for the details: http://www.languagebazaar.com/

This is the classic "Barnes & Noble" like bookstore in Israel.  There is a branch in the US and you can order online from them.  They seem to be generally higher priced than Sifrutake where I do most of my shopping.  But, its another option for books, CDs, DVDs and the like.

http://www.stmus.com/prod/index.php?cPath=12&osCsid=0c54ee509c171994ea3fdc0eac927ae5 

For most books they do provide the cover image and then a page that you can read to get a sense of the book.  I really like that - as otherwise you’re really guessing if the book is age appropriate or fun.  

This site on the whole has religious texts, religious topics, etc.  So, it wouldn’t be my first choice for secular hebrew books.  But, there are some good choices here so I’ll list the pages that are relevant. 

There are some good selections of Dr. Seuss in Ivrit here: http://www.nehora.com/category.cfm?Category=81

Bugs Bunny and Friends in Ivrit: http://www.nehora.com/category.cfm?Category=108