I started my journey with Citizen Café during the Covid years, on a whim, when one of my synagogue school students asked me if I was fluent in Hebrew and I found myself answering, “Not yet.” I’m not sure I would have had the courage to go to my first class if I’d had to do it in person and actually get out of my pajamas, but knowing that I’d be safe in my living room, with my dogs around me and snacks nearby, gave me strength. And, really, after my first class, with a kind, attentive Israeli teacher, I was hooked. Surrounded by classmates from around the world, I took my broken, Day School Hebrew, most of which I’d long ago forgotten, and grew it class by class, practice by practice, listening to Israeli music and watching Israeli TV shows and learning some grammar along the way. And I discovered that I learn languages best the same way I learn songs, by listening and repeating and letting the sounds seep in until they become a part of me. From the beginning of this journey, but especially since October 7th 2023, my Citizen Café classes have been a place where I could meet people who share a love of Israel and the Hebrew language, and where I could feel safe making mistakes and being my own weird self, and most of all, know that I’m not alone.
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Citizen Café Tel Aviv is a one-of-a-kind Hebrew Language and Israeli Culture school located in the heart of Tel Aviv. Our mission is to connect Israel lovers from around the world to the modern Israeli experience: pluralistic, creative, open-minded and relevant.