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Last Day of Season,
Sunday,
November 27th
Hebrew instructor Batia Kritzer hands a pink marker, or toosh varod, to Lilly
Resnick at a Hebrew immersion class at the JCC.
Learning Fun
JCC Hebrew immersion class
gives youngsters a head start.
Stacy Gittleman | Contributing Writer
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n the last Sunday afternoon
in October, 16 elementary
school-age children gath-
ered in the Teen Center of the Jewish
Community Center to learn Hebrew
words all about stav, or autumn.
Through crafts involving pumpkin
and fall leaf stickers, a snack and some
group movement games, veteran Hebrew
school teacher and native Israeli Batia
Kritzer fluttered about the group, speak-
ing to them mostly in English, but sprin-
kling in some Hebrew, too.
When a child needed a marker to
color, they asked for a toosh. They
learned that what they were drawing was
a t’moonah, or a picture. During class,
Kritzer also infused vocabulary such as
counting, colors, words associated with
foods and simple commands. At the
end of class, Kritzer read the children
a simple Hebrew picture book, Eliezer
v’HaGezer or Eliezer and the Carrot
(Gefen Publishing, Jerusalem).
Through her teaching, Kritzer is offer-
ing a tam, or taste, of what children can
experience at the JCC’s summer day
camp program when, for six weeks,
participating children are only spoken
to in Hebrew by a staff of young Israeli
counselors who recently finished serving
in the Israeli army.
The free, monthly Hebrew immer-
sion classes take place on Sundays from
4-5:30 p.m. This month’s class is about
feelings and is scheduled for Nov. 20.
The classes are made possible through
a generous contribution from the
Davidson Foundation and are affili-
ated with the Areivim Hebrew at Camp
program, a project of the Areivim
Philanthropic Group, operated by the
details
Foundation for Jewish Camp.
JCC Camp Director Howard Gutman
said the classes are designed to allow
children who participated in the camp
a chance to reunite and socialize over
the school year. Gutman also hopes to
attract other children to enroll in the
summer program.
“The classes and the camp are a great
way for local Jewish kids to gain a greater
understanding and appreciation of the
Hebrew language while they learn all
about Israel,” he said. “Plus, learning to
speak some Hebrew can also help kids
who are learning Hebrew for religious
reasons, too.”
Parents sticking around to watch their
children having fun during the work-
shop said they enrolled their children for
several reasons.
“My children are not currently
enrolled in Hebrew school, but they did
have some years at Hillel, so we want
them to maintain their Hebrew and
this program seems like a great fit,” said
Randi Resnick of Farmington Hills,
whose twin 8-year-old daughters, Molly
and Lilly, attended the workshop.
Ady Peleg of West Bloomfield
observed his two older children in the
class. Peleg, a native Israeli who has
lived in the United States most of his
life, goes to Israel once a year to see
family and converses in Hebrew with
his children daily.
“My children enjoy this class
because they are making new friends
while they are doing creative things
as they learn Hebrew,” he said. “I try
to speak Hebrew with my children at
home as much as I can.”
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The monthly Hebrew immersion classes are free and held from 4-5:30
p.m. on Sundays. A Chanukah class will be on Dec. 18; other classes
are Jan. 29, Feb. 26, March 26, April 30 and May 21. Space is limited;
contact Kritzer at batiakritzer@gmail.com or (248) 320-5196.