Text and the City: A Hebrew Lesson Through the Walls of Tel Aviv with Guy Sharett of Streetwise Hebrew

Text and the City: a Hebrew Lesson through the Walls of Tel Aviv, with Guy Sharett of Streetwise Hebrew

6pm PDT

A virtual walk through Tel Aviv, where we’ll decipher modern Hebrew texts. From textual graffiti, lost pet ads and stickers to manhole covers, we'll celebrate the different cultural and linguistic layers of Israeli society. We'll also talk about new words like haverimot, and inclusive language in Hebrew.

Guy Sharett teaches Hebrew in the Shanghai  International Studies University in Shanghai, China. He  has a B.A in Linguistics of Hebrew Language from the  Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an M.A from the  University of London. Guy, who was born in Ashdod,  Israel, speaks seven languages, including Arabic, French, Thai, Indonesian and Italian, and is the presenter of the Streetwise Hebrew podcast, where he teaches Hebrew using music and pop culture, talking about slang,  intonation, grammar and identity.