Global Arc

This course is designed for students with little or no previous exposure to modern Hebrew. Over the fall semester, you will learn the Hebrew alphabet and develop skills in reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension. The class will be conducted primarily in Hebrew to maximize immersion, with English used for clarification when necessary. You will engage with songs, artwork, literature, newspapers, and Princeton's Geniza lab, as well as other audiovisual materials, to deepen your cultural understanding of Hebrew and life in Israel.

This course is designed for students who are familiar with the Hebrew alphabet, and who have rudimentary skills in reading, writing, speaking and comprehending modern Hebrew. Over the spring term, students will further develop their proficiency in these skills, and acquire a solid grounding in modern Hebrew grammar and syntax. By the end of the semester, students will be able to read and comment on short articles, stories and poems, to conduct conversations, and make short presentations.

Designed for students who have completed basic modern Hebrew courses. You will continue to build your skills in reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension, with a focus on grammar, syntax, conversation, and creative writing. Conducted primarily in Hebrew to maximize immersion, with English used for clarification when necessary. You will engage with literary texts, films, news articles, and blogs, and explore aspects of Israeli culture through media, class discussions, and presentations. By the end of the term, you will be able to analyze texts, discuss contemporary media, give class presentations, and write short essays in Hebrew.

This course is designed for students who have completed elementary modern Hebrew language courses, and aims at further developing their reading, writing, speaking and aural comprehension skills. Emphasis will be placed on grammar and syntax, on conversational skills, and on creative writing. By the end of the spring term, students will achieve mastery of the Hebrew verb patterns, and proficiency in constructing complex sentences, and will be able to read and analyze literary works, discuss various media contents, write essays and make presentations.

This course, which is taught entirely in Hebrew, evaluates the main themes of Israeli cinema. The course will present various issues that concern Israelis today (e.g., immigration, multiculturalism, identity, Israeli-Palestinian/Arab conflict, Holocaust, Jerusalem). The goal of the course is to give students an understanding of the issues that concern Israel today by means of examining trends in Israeli cinema from the earliest films until today.

For advanced students, this course seeks to improve further the active command of written and spoken Hebrew through work with a variety of literary texts, styles, and artistic expressions, including film. Topics are selected to explore fundamental issues of Israeli culture and society. Prerequisite: 107 or instructor's permission. Two 90-minute classes.

Continuation of HEB 301. Growing emphasis on individual and small group work. Students prepare final project of their choosing in consultation with instructor. Prerequisite: HEB 301 or instructor's permission. Two 90-minute classes.

Achieve a strong command of Modern Hebrew for the purpose of using it for research. Improve reading and writing skills through the reading of academic articles in Hebrew in various fields. During the first half of the semester we will read articles on the revival of the Hebrew language and its place in the family of Semitic languages; in the second half of the semester we will read articles from a variety of academic fields (e.g., literary criticism, comparative religion, political science, history of the Middle East). Emphasis will be placed on grammar and syntax, on writing, and also on conversational skills.

This course, taught in Hebrew, traces modern Hebrew literature from the 1930's until today. Discussion in class will focus on the language and themes of this literature. The goal of the course is to give students an understanding of the development of Modern Hebrew literature of the 20th and 21st centuries, while exposing the students to the historical issues that concerned the writers of Modern Hebrew literature at the time of their writing. All texts will be in Modern Hebrew, which will not only strengthen the students' grasp of Hebrew in general but will also expose students to the various styles of literary Hebrew.

The course - taught in Hebrew - traces themes in Modern Hebrew literature and cinema. Discussion in class will focus on the themes and language of Israeli authors and on the representation of these themes in Israeli films. Topics covered in the course include Holocaust, immigration, Israeli-Palestinian interactions, Jerusalem, and others. As all course materials will be in Modern Hebrew, the course will not only strengthen the students' grasp of the language in general, but it will also introduce the students to the particular Hebrew vocabulary related to the societal issues that are represented and examined in Israeli literature and cinema.