The Rosen School of Hebrew Blog

We invite you to imagine. For a moment, think about all of those delicious meals your mother or grandfather used to cook for the family. Think about the flavors, the colorful ingredients,…

Walking around a country with thousands of years of history is just breathtaking. Israel has so many places to see and visit that you can read about in the Torah and the…

Most likely you’ve heard many interesting facts about the Kinneret, Israel’s former most important water source. As you might know, due to many reasons that also involved the change of water paths…

Yes. Israel is not only about falafel, Middle-Eastern delights and highly recognizable Israeli music. The land of milk and honey has a long history in literature, and we’d like to take this…

Here’s a fact: Israelis love babies. In 2016, 181,405 babies were born in Israel, and every year since, that number just keeps increasing. No matter where you go in the Land of…

“And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and…

The Fast of Gedalya (Hebrew:צום גדליה  – Tzom Gedalya) is a Jewish fast day from dawn until dusk to lament the assassination of the righteous governor of Judah of that name, which…

The Third Aliyah (Hebrew: העלייה השלישית) was a continuation of the Second Aliyah, which was halted by the outbreak of the First World War.  During the Third Aliyah, some 35,000 Jews arrived, the…

The Yarkon River (Hebrew: נחל הירקון) is the largest coastal river in Israel. It’s located in central Israel and the source of the river is at Tel Afek. The Yarkon flows west through Gush…

The Kinneret (Hebrew:(כִּנֶּרֶת  is the largest freshwater lake in Israel, and it is approximately 53 km big. The Kinneret is situated in northern Israel, near the Golan Heights, in the Jordan Great Rift Valley. The valley…