[HANASHIR:15473] Re: how much Hebrew? in what form?

[Lori Shapiro <lorshap...>]

I was a singer with no Hebrew background. I learned Hebrew using a set of
tapes / book called Olam Shalem.  I was amazed it only took about 6 weeks,
practicing 10-30 minutes per day to be able to read Hebrew (slowly ). I'm
not sure where you get them. My Cantor let me borrow her set.
Prayer Book Hebrew the Easy Way is a good grammar book that helped me
understand the roots of words and tenses so I could understand what I was
singing about. It's published by EKS Publishing 1-877-7-HEBREW. I worked
through this book with a tutor. Most of the Hebrew classes I looked into
were conversational which is why I chose this route. Good luck to your
friend-
Lori Shapiro

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura Ferguson" <allenderl (at) acm(dot)org>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 12:02 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:15458] how much Hebrew? in what form?


> A friend of mine, an opera singer who is attempting a new start, is
> interested in becoming a cantorial soloist.  Her Hebrew knowledge is vary
> limited and we were discussing what she might need to do to learn enough.
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> My tendency was to suggest taking a college level Hebrew course, since the
> courses offered at the synagogue are not very in depth.  I could also
tutor
> her some, but I thought she would do better off with a real class.  A
> Hebrew Ulpan (like that offered at the JCC) is another possibility.
>
> What do you think?  If you were starting from almost no Hebrew background,
> what would be the most efficient route?  What is sufficient?  What would
be
> a good start?
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