Modern Hebrew       עברית מודרנית

Contents

Introduction

Alphabet

• Starting with Aleph - inexpensive programme to download
• Cartoon Hebrew - "obnoxiously primitive cartoons" to teach you the alphabet
• Interactive Aleph Bet - letters read aloud in an American accent
• Animated Aleph Bet - handwriting of printed letters and cursive script
• Alphabet song - because it's also good to know the order of the letters
  

Keyboards

• Mikledet - simple virtual keyboard (if you don't have access to a Hebrew keyboard)
• Mikledet.net - virtual keyboard and content editor
• Gate3Home - virtual keyboard
• Hebrew keyboard tutor - learning how to type in Hebrew
• Hebrew keyboard layouts - how to install, etc.
• Cursive fonts
• Yoav fonts
• Wazu fonts
• Petri IT Knowledgebase - computer FAQ

Dictionaries

• Morfix - good and with niqud, also has a keyboard feature
• Google Translate - works pretty well with Hebrew, particularly expressions
• Pealim - excellent rich resource for all verb forms, prepositions and nouns
  
• Hebrew Verbs - most common verbs in all their forms
• Abbreviations and acronyms
• Milog - for advanced users
  
• Verb dictionary - from Washington Uni
• Lingvosoft EN-HEB dictionary
• Picture dictionary - multilingual
• Milon - picture dictionary
• New Hebrew words - an evolving language, filling the gaps
• Word frequency list - interesting, but based on a subtitle corpus so of relative value
• Financial vocabulary
  

Vocabulary lists

• Surface Languages Hebrew words and phrases
• Morfix vocabulary games - beginners or advanced
• My Hebrew dictionary - glossaries
• Language Guide Hebrew - picture glossaries with audio
  
• Passing Phrase - Hebrew idioms explained
• Hebrew phrases - with audio
• Thematic glossaries
• Theme dictionary - with audio
  
• Numbers
• Hebrew phrases
• Expressions with audio and equivalents in various languages
  
• HebrewPedia
  
• E-Teacher Hebrew vocabulary
• Linguanaut - vocabulary lists
• Hebrew for Me
• Milingua
• Anglo-List slang glossary
• E-Hebrew slang glossary
• Virtual Ulpan slang glossary
• Road Junky slang glossary
  

For children

• Akhlah - free resources for teaching children
• Shalom Sesame - Hebrew for Muppets...
  
• Milingua Hebrew for Kids - vocabulary
• ZigZagWorld - vocabulary
• The Kids WorkBook Hebrew page
  

Reading

• Hebrew Today - magazine & CD
  
• Grandpa Ilan's stories, with niqud
  
• Ben Yehuda - advanced reading
• Israeli newspapers
  

TV & radio

• Kan - public TV channel that replaced IBA (streaming)
• Kan news (own channel redirects to YouTube channel)
  
• Voice of Israel - a whole variety of radio stations
• Nana 10 - TV news
• Reshet.tv - catch-up TV
• Mako - TV
• 103.fm
• Kol California - a mixture of music for audiences in the USA
• Galgalatz - radio station
• From-IL - Israeli radio stations
• Language Chronicle - list of Hebrew radio stations
• SBS - Australian radio podcasts in Hebrew

Songs & lyrics

• Hebrew songs
• Shironet - good site for lyrics
• Cmusic - another lyrics site
• YouTube - great for specific singers: search in Latin or Hebrew alphabet
• Kokhav Nolad - a Star is Born: a place to start if you're looking for singers
  

Forums

• Unilang - huge forum with friendly native speakers
• How to learn any language - advice forum
• Study Hebrew Online - specifically for Hebrew, with 'chat'

Self-study courses

• Pimsleur - probably the best starting point if you want to speak Hebrew
• Practical Hebrew - CD, video, book, home study course
• Hebrew Unscrambled - home study course
  
• FSI - free download, though slightly dated
  

On-line courses

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• Teach me Hebrew - with lessons and vocabulary building
  
• Skyvrit
  
• Learn Hebrew Pod - some free lessons
• Hebrew conversation
  
• Hebrew Podcasts - some free lessons
• Milingua - some free resources
• E-Teacher Hebrew
• Foundation Stone

Qualifications

• British school exams - A-levels and GCSE
• School of Oriental & African Studies
• University of South Africa - distance learning
• Hebrew College - also offers online courses

Ulpanim

• Anglo-List - list of ulpanim
• Ulpan Or
• Spiro Ark - in London
• Haifa summer ulpan
• NYT article about an original way to study Hebrew
  

About the language

• Hebrew alphabet
• Hebrew language
• NYT article about the advent of modern Hebrew
• Hebrew vs Israeli - answer to the debate
  
• Modern Hebrew grammar
• Modern Hebrew verb conjugation
• Fundamental concepts of the classical Hebrew verb
  
• Prefixes in Hebrew
• Suffixes in Hebrew
• Hebrew spelling
• Mater lectionis - use of certain consonants to represent vowels
• Mater lectionis - Hebrew vowels explained for learners of modern Hebrew
  
• Academy of the Hebrew Language
• Balashon - language blog

About the country

• Israeli media
• Israeli newspapers
• About Israel
• Culture in Israel
• Israeli films
• Cinema in Israel
  
• Science & technology in Israel
• Hand-in-Hand Schools
• Judaism 101 - amazing site, everything you need to know explained
• Kol Israel - directory of Israeli sites
  
• NYT Middle East - some context
• BBC Middle East - some context
  

Music

• Music of Israel
• Musical artists of Israel
• Eurovision Song Contest

Sport

• Sports in Israel
• Israeli basketball
• Israeli Basketball Super League
• Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Israeli football - soccer

Visiting Israel

• Israel Meteorological Service - weather forecast
• Go Israel - Israeli Tourist Board
• Nature & Parks Authority
• Tourist Israel - "Israel's cool travel guide"
  
• Visit TLV
• Time Out Tel Aviv - in Hebrew
• Time Out Tel Aviv - in English
  
• Jerusalem Website
• Railways - a good network
  
• Tel-o-Fun - pay-as-you-go bicycle rental in Tel Aviv
• Telephone directory
• Phrasebook
  

En français

• Notions d'hébreu
• Cned - les excellents cours d'hébreu de l'INALCO mais à distance
  
• Morim - diverses ressources
• Dictionnaire à thèmes - avec audio
  
• Kit de survie - du touriste en Israël
• Vocabulaire en images - avec audio
• Expressions selon divers thèmes - avec audio
  
• Lexilogos - dictionnaire
• Cool Israël - des infos sympa sur le pays
• Sipurim VèShirim - blog de lectures et de films
  

Em português

• Hebraico agora - curso on-line em português
• Vocabulário em imagens - com áudio
  
• Expressões em vários temas
  

En español

• Vocabulario en imágenes - con audio
• Hablar en hebreo - recursos
• Expresiones en varios temas - con audio