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"This isn't your father's Ulpan anymore" ... a quiet revolution in how people are teaching—and learning—Hebrew
It’s getting dark here, and I don’t mean because the days are getting shorter. At least in my crowd, the WhatsApp flow is just sad. I was looking for a message earlier today when I found myself staring at an exchange I’d had earlier this morning with a dear friend.
Still hadn’t found the message I was looking for, though, and more or less not focusing, came across this one, that I’d not noticed before Yom Kippur. It had been sent to our synagogue community:
Hi, friends. If anyone has a short or long weapon [DG—i.e., pistol or rifle] and is not yet in the security group and wants to sign up…
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