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نتكلّم العبريّة
Women Speaking Hebrew
Lissan’s flagship program that equips East Jerusalem Palestinian women with practical language tools through a community-based teaching model.
Medabrot Ivrit - نتكلّم العبريّة - Women Speaking Hebrew has been operating since 2013, providing Palestinian women in East Jerusalem with everyday Hebrew-language tools that enable them to act independently in both the public and private spheres.
The project emerged in response to a clear, on-the-ground need. Women in East Jerusalem have faced, and continue to face, language barriers across nearly every aspect of daily life, from accessing healthcare and navigating bureaucracy and public institutions to employment, higher education, and everyday interactions in the city. The absence of practical Hebrew limits access, undermines confidence, and deepens dependence.
Purpose and Approach
The goal of the program is to remove language barriers through practical, relevant Hebrew learning that is culturally and gender sensitive, designed specifically for Palestinian women from East Jerusalem.
The focus is on practical Hebrew - language that can be applied immediately in everyday life: when navigating public institutions, moving through public spaces, at work, and in personal and community initiatives.
The language tools acquired through the program strengthen women’s independence and self-confidence, enabling them to influence the different spheres of their lives - within their families, communities, professional settings, and civic life.
Program Scope and Reach
We started the 2025-2026 program year with:
More than
60
Volunteers
More than
650
Students
34
Classes
At the end of the 2024-2025 program year, we had:
More than
50
Volunteers
More than
450
Students
31
Classes
Courses are held on a weekly basis at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University, the Willy Brandt Center in Abu Tor, online via Zoom, and, for the first time, at David Yellin Academic College in Bet Hakerem.
