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Learning Hebrew:

• Aleph-Bet on the Net - A set of interactive tutorials for students using the textbook "Encounters in Modern Hebrew" by Edna Amir Coffin. The tutorials cover the vocabulary lists for each of the ten lessons in the book and allow students to read and type Hebrew. The site does not require any special fonts or browsers.
• Hebrew Course for Beginners - a free on-line course based on the video series "Hevenu Shalom Aleikhem." (requires registration).
• Hebrew for Travelers - basic phrases
• Hebrew Alphabet
• Ukindia - Learn to read Hebrew
• My Hebrew Dictionary
• Hebrew Vocab Games
• Hevenu Shalom Aleikhem - Online lessons
• Basic Hebrew
• Akhlah - The Jewish Children's Learning Network

• Hebrew on the Net - For definitive information about reading and writing Hebrew over the internet, this is the place to start. You'll find information about Hebrew fonts, Hebrew in HTML documents, news groups, e-mail, text editors, and more. The site is maintained by Snunit, a project at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. They construct educational sites on the Internet (in Hebrew) and develop online courses for colleges and universities.
• SIL Hebrew Font System - For a simple, elegant, and free way of typing voweled Hebrew, check out this font system. The package is available for both the Windows and Macintosh systems, and it includes the fonts, a system extension to handle the vowels, and detailed instructions. The font was developed by the Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Mikhtav - Information about communication on the internet is available from Mikhtav, a group that exchanges e-mail in Hebrew. Their web site offers specific instructions for Macintosh, Windows, DOS, and UNIX users.
• Reading Hebrew on the Web - Step by step instructions on viewing Hebrew using Netscape on a PC. The article is slightly outdated, but still useful.
• The Hebrew Software Page - You won't find many Macintosh files here, but you can get screen savers, fonts, and word processing programs for your PC. They also sell a platic cover that fits on top of your keyboard to show you where the Hebrew letters are located. The site is maintained by Right to Left Software, a Canadian software company.
• PANERGY - Macintosh users may want to check out this site. PANERGY is a small Israeli company, but they make some nice fonts and text-editing programs.
• Babylon (electronic translation) - Babylon is an interesting (and free) electronic translation program that goes through the text on your computer screen and translates between English and Hebrew. You can use it while you're reading e-mail, viewing web pages, or writing a text document. The Babylon software is currently only available for the PC, but they have a web site where any visitors can type in words and get the translation. (You will need to be using an internet-capable font such as NeText to read the Hebrew.)
• FoundationStone - free application and support materials designed to facilitate learning of it's 4000 word Hebrew vocabulary. "Online Hebrew Tutorial" is available as part of the download - a condensed set of language lessons for learning Hebrew

Updated 17 Aug 06