The World Hebrew Union has undertaken the sponsorship of a program aimed at providing steamship passengers bound for Israel with proficiency in Hebrew speaking by the time of their arrival in Haifa. The program was inaugurated on an experimental basis aboard the Greek liner Olympia where the passengers will be offered two hours of Hebrew instruction daily with the goal of providing them with a basic 500-word Hebrew vocabulary.
The instructor for the experimental program is Aaron Kaniel, who is supervisor of adult education with the Israel Ministry of Education and Culture. The shipboard instruction is supplemented by illustrated lectures, documentary films in English and film strips providing cultural and geographic information about Israel. If the program is successful, it might be extended to the passenger liners of the Zim Lines plying between New York and Haifa.
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