Description
Hebrew sat unspoken for more than seventeen hundred years. Then, as the nation of Israel took shape, it came back, and today it is the language people argue in, shop in and raise their children in.
That recovery is part of the course. This live online modern Hebrew class for high school introduces Hebrew conversation, reading and writing, grammar and vocabulary, and traces how a language revived in Europe and Palestine at the close of the nineteenth century moved from the sacred language of Judaism to the working language of daily life in Israel.
Students come away with a feel for the central place Hebrew holds in modern Jewish and Israeli life, and a firmer grasp of Jewish history and culture alongside the vocabulary.
Rabbi Arthur Fischer teaches live from Israel each week. He has lived in both the United States and Israel, so the language arrives with the place attached. Hebrew also sits on the federal Critical Languages list, which can matter for college scholarship money, and it opens the Hebrew Scriptures to a student thinking toward ministry or theological study later on.
Rabbi Arthur Fischer holds rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University and has taught Hebrew and biblical text live from Israel since 1986.
Class details
– Teacher: Rabbi Arthur Fischer
– Day and time: Mondays, 4:15-5:00 p.m. CST
– Term: full year, 2027-28 school year
– Grades: high school; middle school students earning high school foreign-language credit may join
– Credit: 1 credit
– Prerequisites: none
– Materials: To Succeed in Hebrew
– Live, small-group class on Zoom
Pair it with Biblical Feasts and Festivals or Old Testament for a rich year in the text. Reserve a seat, and because True North Academy is Cognia-accredited the foreign-language credit appears on an accredited transcript.
