Ulpan
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Sep 22, 2026
Yael Schuster-DavidiGUEST
And then I moved to Israel.
Yael Schuster-DavidiGUEST
And when I was in Israel, I did Ulpan for six months.
Yael Schuster-DavidiGUEST
I didn't speak a word of Hebrew when I came here.
Yael Schuster-DavidiGUEST
And then after that, I went to the Technion and did a second and third degree.
Noa LeviHOST
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Noa LeviHOST
The platform has reportedly attracted over 50,000 users, and in more uplifting news, Ulpan Lainyan, a Hebrew language school, is celebrating its 18th anniversary.
Noa LeviHOST
Founded in 2008 by Ami Steinberger, the school was created to address the challenge many immigrants faced in achieving conversational Hebrew fluency, which he felt was often lacking in traditional Ulpan classes.
Noa LeviHOST
Steinberger's methodology prioritizes speaking practice.
Noa LeviHOST
What began with just four students in his living room has grown significantly over the past 18 years.
Noa LeviHOST
Today, Ulpan Lai Nyan employs between 80 to 90 teachers, serving approximately 2,000 students annually through online and in-person lessons, catering to individuals, companies and various programmes.
Noa LeviHOST
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Noa LeviHOST
The platform has already attracted over 50,000 users.
Noa LeviHOST
And in news that highlights immigrant integration and personal growth, we look at the 18th anniversary of Ulpan Lainyan, a Hebrew language school founded by Ami Steinberger.
Noa LeviHOST
What began in 2008 as a four-student class in Steinberger's living room has grown significantly, now employing 80 to 90 teachers and serving approximately 2,000 students annually.
Noa LeviHOST
Ulpan Lai Nyan focuses on conversational fluency, aiming to provide a more effective and practice-oriented method for learning Hebrew compared to traditional government Ulpan classes, and serves a diverse clientele including companies and embassies.
Noa LeviHOST
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Kirsten JohnsonGUEST
Israel was the first time that I had been in another place where my beliefs were challenged.
Kirsten JohnsonGUEST
I was living, I was in an Ulpan program.
Kirsten JohnsonGUEST
I was the only non-Jewish person and I was integrated.
Kirsten JohnsonGUEST
I mean, I was learning Hebrew and practicing their religion in a way, like learning about Zionism and their culture and really integrated into all of that.
Natalie SapinskiHOST
So this, that, that can't be.
Natalie SapinskiHOST
Uh, you, uh, you didn't mention Ulpan either, but you can't...
Natalie SapinskiHOST
This seems a bl- a bit unreal.
Natalie SapinskiHOST
And, uh, so I, I'm just gonna be devil's advocate here.
Julie Rothschild LevyGUEST
And I spent about 10 months on the kibbutz.
Julie Rothschild LevyGUEST
The Ulpan was, I think, four and a half months.
Julie Rothschild LevyGUEST
Then I was going to go travel in Europe.
Julie Rothschild LevyGUEST
But I stayed longer.
Khyati JoshiHOST
After that, we kept running into each other.
Khyati JoshiHOST
We'd walk to campus together for Ulpan, the intensive Hebrew language program.
Khyati JoshiHOST
After class, we'd wander down to the old city and hang out at the Damascus Gate, the Jaffa Gate, all over Jerusalem.
Khyati JoshiHOST
Pretty quickly, he became the person I wanted to do everything with.
Yehudit Singer-FreudGUEST
This was in the fall of 2000.
Yehudit Singer-FreudGUEST
And I got here in the summer, went to Ulpan and I was ready to start throwing myself into Arabic studies and also Hebrew.
Yehudit Singer-FreudGUEST
And it was during that semester that I basically kind of like took that platform, that foundation that I got during my seminary year and really went forward with it.
Yehudit Singer-FreudGUEST
And I started really exploring all different types of like more spiritual type communities and meeting all sorts of kids who were from other denominations who were very serious about Israel and very serious about Jewish life, but they weren't necessarily Orthodox.
Yehudit Singer-FreudGUEST
This was in the fall of 2000.
Yehudit Singer-FreudGUEST
And I got here in the summer, went to Ulpan and I was ready to start throwing myself into Arabic studies and also Hebrew.
Yehudit Singer-FreudGUEST
And it was during that semester that I basically kind of like took that platform, that foundation that I got during my seminary year and really went forward with it.
Yehudit Singer-FreudGUEST
And I started really exploring all different types of like more spiritual type communities and meeting all sorts of kids who were from other denominations who were very serious about Israel and very serious about Jewish life, but they weren't necessarily Orthodox.
Miriam PotokGUEST
So let's start working on that.
Miriam PotokGUEST
And so I came to L.A. to American Jewish University for their summer Ulpan.
Miriam PotokGUEST
So it was like one year of college level Hebrew in a summer.
Miriam PotokGUEST
And so when
Miriam PotokGUEST
And then the, before that they were in Koreatown, but when I was there, they were on campus at UCLA and the Hillel building, which is a beautiful location and like such like, and all the rabbis at UCLA Hill are amazing.
Miriam PotokGUEST
So it was just like around all this great Jewish community all the time.
Miriam PotokGUEST
Um, but yeah, so I, um, I started rabbinical school right after that first summer of Ulpan and, you know, seven years later I was ordained.
Ira PemsteinHOST
So you weren't ordained through Ed Ziegler then? I was
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