Dear all, I am writing to you in my role of the Chair of the Librarianship and Education Committee. The Librarianship and Education Committee, as one of our initiatives this year, is trying to form a Hebrew Language Discussion Group/s as a way for our membership to improve our collective Hebrew comprehension, something we feel is crucial in our profession. The idea is to put together a small Hebrew language discussion group/s via Skype led by native Hebrew speakers from our membership. This won't be a class, so no home work will be given and no preparation is needed on the part of the moderators, although moderators might post a topic for discussion for each meeting. It will be a chance for people to practice their spoken Hebrew, while moderators could assist with the language, correct mistakes, lead the discussion, etc. There will not be any cost involved. The number of groups will depend on the demand and willingness of moderators. If you are a native Hebrew speaker and are interested in moderating please let me know. If you are interested to be a participant in such a discussion please let me know. This activity is design for members only. Once we know the number of moderators and participants we will be able to determine the number of such groups, time and frequency of meetings. This is a really interesting idea (kudos go to Daniel Scheide for it). AJL to my knowledge has never tried such an activity, and its success and failure will be determine by the participation. Please respond to me directly. It would be helpful if besides your name and contact information you could indicate which part of the country you are in, so we can figure out the timing for all time zones. Thank you all very much for your kind attention. I am looking forward to getting many messages.
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