I think a couple of Aroma’s employees think I am kind of a loser, because I have been spending an inordinate amount of time there. Fully Equipped at Aroma: Coffee, Alphabet Book, and Unsuspecting Israeli Tutors But it is…
Since I last wrote, much has happened. Despite the silence on this blog, I have logged many Hebrew hours, studying every day. I have learned the Hebrew alphabet and am on the 45th of 90 half-hour Pimsleur lessons available for Hebrew. …
Since I began this project in the summer of 2009, I cannot tell you how many times people have asked me whether I am using Rosetta Stone. Well done, Rosetta Stone! Everyone seems to have heard of you. Rosetta Stone at…
Tomorrow I head off for eight days in Italy. Brandt and I are visiting his sister and her family in Genoa for the holiday. Trying to decide which language to study right now—Hebrew or Italian—has been causing me…
Compulsive behavior is a blessing and a curse. But at least in its more benign forms, I find it a blessing. On the Streets of Genoa When you really want to do something, you tend to go all out. In…
I am still in Genoa on a family vacation. When studying, I have been relieved to discover that it has not been a problem to flip back and forth between Hebrew and Italian lessons. Genoa Is Beautiful. Imagine Doing Your…
Yesterday Brandt and I returned to New York from Genoa. I studied hours and hours on the way home, trying to get back into the Hebrew groove. Bus from Genoa to Milan. No Flash, Because I Didn’t Think That…
On January 1, I realized I forgot to get a flu shot this year. The reason I remembered on January 1 is that I came down with the flu. At first I thought it was food poisoning, but its persistence, and some…
It has been 29 days since my last blog entry and I have…studied. Multilingual Coffee at Aroma I really have, and every day. I just didn’t happen to blog about it, because life intruded, and while I love writing…
On Wednesday I visited a first-year Hebrew class at Columbia University. I arranged this visit with Dr. Rina Kreitman, who is the Hebrew program coordinator for the department of MESAAS. Entrance, Columbia University MESAAS? I had to turn to Google…
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