Course Description

Hebrew language resources on the web for Israeli and Jewish culture, entertainment, arts, literature, and social media. Offered in Hebrew.

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Athena Title

Digital Hebrew

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Prerequisite

HEBR 2003

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Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

To introduce students to modern Hebrew digital culture and the use of digital means as an entry point into contemporary Israeli and Jewish culture. The emphasis on electronic expressions permits engagement in real time, through blogs and other forms of social media, and enables students to experience trajectories of change in the ongoing evolution of the Hebrew language.

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Topical Outline

Using online lexical and language resources: - dictionaries - concordances - databases (e.g., of rabbinic literature; of oral histories) - encyclopedias Employing online Hebrew resources for research Hebrew topic searches Utilizing YouTube and similar resources Navigating Hebrew-language social media Understanding and completing electronic requisitions, applications, order forms, registration, and help request forms Creating databases in Hebrew Research collaboration, access management, data accumulation Aggregation and disaggregation in Hebrew Constructing Hebrew-language web pages

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