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Hebrew Slang
Virtual Workshop
Exclusively for JEMS
Workshop Introduction
Even if you don’t speak a language, you can learn a few words that can be an entrance into the culture of the country where the language is spoken. While most language courses start with topics that are not especially useful in conversation, this little mini course with help you out with enough phrases and expressions to make you feel comfortable from the start. We will start by looking at three topics: collocation, idioms, and slang. We will look at them in English and then begin learning the most used examples in Hebrew. All the Hebrew will be transliterated so there is no need for you to be able to read Hebrew letters. It’s fun. It’s quirky. Let’s get together!
Workshop Instructor
Deborah Morse holds a BA in Psycholinguistics, an MEd in Curriculum and Development and an MPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Before moving to Israel, she mainly worked in educational settings including as a Smith Fellow at Smith College, a teacher in both Jewish and secular settings, and as the director of early childhood at the JCC in Rochester. When she first moved to Israel, she worked in the area of coexistence and helped create a program called Shemesh which brought Muslim and Jewish children together for activities and summer camps. She has taught both Judaica and English in the Israeli school system, and eventually became a lecturer at colleges in Israel, receiving tenure at Gordon College in Haifa. She has also worked for the Eric Cohen Publishing House as the lead pedagogical editor.