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A pioneer of the now-standard "ulpan" language immersion method for learning Hebrew, Shulamith Katznelson established Ulpan Akiva, one of Israel's first three ulpans, in Nahariyya in 1951.
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While that film examined Israeli society through the prism of a terrorist attack and one of its unidentified victims, his latest film tackles a similar topic through the experiences of those trying to adjust to Israeli society in an ulpan – an intensive Hebrew-language school.
This Week at the 16th Street J « The Blog at 16th and Q 2008
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Although I completed a kibbutz ulpan (or Hebrew immersion) program years ago as well as Sar-El, many of the men in boot camp seem to look at me skeptically.
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I know a little something about this too, having participated in an ulpan (Hebrew immersion) on a kibbutz as well as in several Israeli Army programs for non-Israeli citizens.
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She spoke Hebrew, which she remembered from the days of her youth and which she studied diligently at an ulpan and learned from her grandchildren, but she never attempted to write in this language.
Karen Gershon. 2009
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The ulpan continued to operate in her spirit, under the directorship of Ephraim Lapid (who in 1948 was her pupil in first grade).
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However, those who do not already speak the language at a minimum level of fluency are required to attend an ulpan — an intensive course in basic Hebrew literacy — upon arrival.
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If you can make it all the way to Israel and do a few months of ulpan, all the better.
Arnie Eisen’s Attempt to be inspirational, semi-left-of-center, and pro-active on Israel | Jewschool 2007
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I do it well enough that I got into the highest level of ulpan having no clue what “binyanim” were
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I do it well enough that I got into the highest level of ulpan having no clue what “binyanim” were
MRBOGGLE commented on the word ulpan
-noun (plural ulpanim)
a school in Israel for teaching Hebrew.
June 9, 2009