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Pre-Ulpan (Mandatory to those with a low level of Hebrew, available in the summer session only) A month and a half of extensive Hebrew Ulpan studies in the Garin Tzabar Village in Ra'anana. The participants come from all around the world, and are accompanied by social counselors. In the afternoons, there are social activities and volunteering.
An ulpan (Hebrew: אולפן), plural ulpanim, is an institute or school for the intensive study of Hebrew. Ulpan is a Hebrew word meaning "studio", "teaching", or "instruction". The ulpan is designed to teach adult immigrants to Israel the basic language skills of conversation, writing, and comprehension.
Between 1948 and 1952, about 700,000 immigrants arrived in the new state. The Jewish Agency helped these immigrants acclimate to Israel and begin to build new lives. It established schools to teach them Hebrew, beginning with Ulpan Etzion in 1949. [66] (The first student to register for Ulpan Etzion was Ephraim Kishon. [67]) It also provided ...
Ra'anana (Hebrew: רַעֲנָנָּה, lit."Fresh") is an affluent city in the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel.It was founded in 1922 as an American-Jewish settlement, c.1 km south of the village of Tabsur, where an important World War I battle had taken place four years previously.
The initial students came from top universities across North America. [1] In that first year, its faculty included the following rabbis and professors, each teaching one full day each week: Adin Steinsaltz , David Hartman , Eliezer Schweid , Pinchas Hacohen Peli , and Michael Rosenak , with Dov Berkovits [1] and Menachem Froman functioning as ...
(Mid-1920s) Ostrovsky speaking to the people of Ra'anana in Independence Day at the soldier's monument, 1954. Baruch Ostrovsky (Hebrew: ברוך אוסטרובסקי; 10 October 1890 – 17 July 1960) was the first mayor of Ra'anana, Israel, and served as mayor for 28 years. [1] He championed democracy, equality, education and organized Jewish ...
Ma'agan Michael (Hebrew: מַעֲגַן מִיכָאֵל, lit. Michael's Anchorage) is a kibbutz in northern Israel.Located on the Mediterranean Sea coast between Haifa and Hadera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council.
[2] In 1951 she founded the Ulpan Akiva, a residential language school in Netanya, Israel. It was one of the first three ulpanim in Israel. [3] She spent nearly 50 years directing the school, where Jews and Arabs were encouraged to get to know each other, speak each other's language, and learn about each other's history and culture. [4]