Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wish there were more actual Hebrew in Hebrew school - and even day schools. Most of the Orthodox Jews I know have extremely poor Modern Hebrew - including some Americans who actually live in Israel. I don't think you truly be literate in Judaism without relative fluency in biblical Hebrew/Aramaic - and more emphasis on Modern Hebrew gets you closer to comfort with reading - maybe not leyning - but at least understanding what you are reading.
Our day school doesn't teach modern spoken Hebrew at all after kindergarten. Hebrew vocabulary and grammar are only done as part of Chumash. The kids are taught to translate from Hebrew and later Aramaic to English, but not to speak conversationally in Hebrew. I would love for that to be part of the curriculum too.
That is really depressing. There are Greek weekend schools for kids, Italian weekend schools for kids, Cantonese/Mandarin schools, Korean, Hindi, you name it. But weekend Hebrew schools have only minimal exposure to Hebrew, and day schools also seem to devote almost no time to Hebrew. What a waste.
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