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Why iHebrew®?

“Bernard Zell Anshe Emet is a pluralistic community

day school in Chicago, grades K-8th.

This is our first year of using the iHebrew® program,
which we chose after having done some research

about the program and realizing that it fit our
students’ needs. We focus mainly on speaking and listening comprehension.

iHebrew® is different than any other program I’ve known, since it focuses on

speaking in an interesting and fun-filled way for the students. The students are
having a wonderful time studying Hebrew with iHebrew®, and as teachers we

feel that the attitudes towards Hebrew have been improving, on the students’

and parents’ part.”

Mali Barak, Middle school Hebrew teacher

Below is an excerpt from an article published
in Five Towns Jewish Times

by Gavriel Aryeh Sanders.

One of my students, who happens to be in a lower
track for her grade level, told me, “I’ve learned

more Ivrit in a week than over the last several
years.” What she means is that she’s retained more

than ever before. That same week, I participated in
a short meet-and-greet with some parents. I heard

recurring comments from them about how much their teens were enjoying

Hebrew.
I silently laughed. Can we say those words in the same sentence: teens—

enjoying—Hebrew?
Full article can be found at: http://5tjt.com/teaching-hebrew-or-acquiring-

hebrew/

Gavriel Aryeh Sanders currently teaches Hebrew and Jewish History at a SKA
Long Island Jewish high school.
He has spoken to tens of thousands of Jews across North America and abroad
delivering lively lectures related to Jewish living and learning, including his
autobiographical account of “A Minister’s Journey to Judaism.”