• Basic Language Study Recordings
• Supplementary Language Study/Culture Recordings
• Books
• CD-ROM Programs
• DVDs
• Music Recordings
• Web Links

Basic Language Study Recordings

Encounters in Modern Hebrew (Coffin) (HB 1.003)

Everyday Hebrew (Tirkel) (HB 1.002)

Hebrew From Scratch, Part I (Chayat, Israeli, Kobliner) (HB 1.004)

Hebrew From Scratch, Part II (Chayat, Israeli, Kobliner) (HB 1.005)

Living Hebrew (Steinberg) (HB 1.001)

Supplementary Language Study/Culture Recordings

Olam Shalem (HB 1.006) by Edmond Y. Lipsitz (c. 1979 by Edmond Y. Lipsitz - published by J.E.S.L. Educational Products) — program of 3 audiocassettes designed to prepare students of Hebrew to read fluently a prayerbook or any other Hebrew text; includes selected passages from the Siddur; accompanying 63-page text available; approx. 3.5 hours (total time).

Books

The Compact Up-to-Date English-Hebrew/Hebrew-English Dictionary by Shimon Zilberman (NY: Hippocrene Books, Inc., c. 2001) - 3 copies

501 Hebrew Verbs by Shmuel Bolozky (Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., c. 1996)

The Oxford English-Hebrew Dictionary edited by N.S. Doniach, O.B.E. and Professor A. Kahane (NY: Oxford University Press, ©1996, 1998 Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies).

CD-ROM Programs

51 Languages of the World (c. 1999 Transparent Language, Inc.) - dual-platform CD-ROM featuring 51 languages from all over the world; allows the user to speak with native speakers; interactive dialogues and conversation practice aid the user in learning and understanding more advanced speech, while games and quizzes make learning the language fun and interactive.

DVDs

Ajami Region 1 (NTSC) DVD of 2009 film directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani. Explores five different stories set in an impoverished part of Christian and Muslim Arab Tel-Aviv/Jaffa. In these cities filled with residents who often don't have enough to live on, crime is commonplace. Nevertheless, solidarity and cultural understanding leave a glimmer of hope; in Hebrew and Arabic with optional English subtitles; 2 hours.

Jellyfish Region 1 (NTSC) DVD of 2007 film directed by Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen. Tells the story of three Israeli women in modern-day Tel-Aviv: Batya, a waitress at weddings, finds a mute child on a beach; Keren, a bride, breaks her leg a few days before the wedding; Joy, who is of Filipino descent, has trouble communicating with her employer; in Hebrew with optional English subtitles; 1 hour 18 minutes.

The Secrets Region 1 (NTSC) DVD of 2006 film directed by Avi Nesher; Two bright young women, Naomi and Michelle, find themselves repressed by orthodox Jewish society. When these two free-spirited women meet at a seminary, they begin to form a friendship and possibly something more. However, when tradition threatens to split the two apart, they take any means necessary to defy the rigid male establishment; in Hebrew & French with on-screen English subtitles; 2 hours 7 minutes.

Music Recordings

The Sixteenth Lamb (HB-CD 3.001)

Arik Einstein, The Best of Arik Einstein (HB-CD 3.002)

Web Links

Aleph-Bet on the Net — online tutorials designed to reinforce spelling and vocabulary.

Foundation Stone — free 17-lesson Hebrew tutorial for English speakers, and a free Windows downloadable program to help with pronunciation and grammar.

Hebrew for Me by Zigzag Inc — interactive Hebrew vocabulary lessons in the form of games, stories, and activities.