DOCUMENT RESUBE ED 055 514 48 FL 002 656 AUTHOR Mansoor, Menahem; And Others TITLE Newspaper Hebrew Reader: Volume 2, Part 1. INSTITUTION Wisconsin Univ., Madison. SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DREW), Washington, D.C. Bureau of Research. BUREAU NO BR-6-1385 PUB DATE Oct 71 CONTRACT OEC-3-6-061385-1631 NOTE 199p. EDES PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-S6.58 DESCRIPTORS *Hebrew; *Instructional Materials; Language Development; *Language Enrichment; Language Instruction; Language Skills; Language Styles; Modern Language Curriculum; *Newspapers; *ReadingMaterials; Second Language Learning; Semitic Languages; Textbooks; Vocabulary ABSTRACT This is tke first part of a two-part set of textbooks containing readiugs from the modern Hebrew Israeli press. The readings are intended for students who possess a knowledgeof the basic vocabulary and elements of modern Hebrew structure.Less attention is devoted to the problems of grammar and more tomatters of vocabulary, idiomatic expression, and style. Notes aadglosses are provided to explain vocabulary. Numerous exercises aredesigned to help the student master nem vocabulary and acquire a feelingfor word usage and idiomatic style. This volumecontains selections that are represekotative of front-page news coverage. For part two, see FL002 657. (VS) 6 6A, Ne-74- U.S. DEPARTMENT Of HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE (-/ 138'ss- trt OFFICE OF EDUCATION LIN FR- THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT.POINiS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE Of EDUCATION Lia POSITION OR POLICY. NEWSPAPER HEBREW READER Volume TWO, Part I Professor Menahem Mansoor Project Director Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies The University of Wisconsin OE Contract No.: 3-6-061385-1631 October 1971 Volume I was sent to the Office of Education in the spring of 1971 NEWSPAPER HEBREW READER Volume II Edited with Annotat ions, Vocabularie'i and Exercises By Menahem Mansoor, Project Director Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies University of Wisconsin 1 With 1 Galic, Simon and Yemima Rabin Project Specialists This work was developed pursuant to a Contract between the United States Office of Education and The University of Wisconsin and is published with permission of the United States Office of Education "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BYAl&iausi.4, Copyright TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING The University of Wisconsin, Madison UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE U.S. OFFICE Of EDUCATION. FURTHER REPRODUCTION OUTSIDE i THE ERIC SYSTEM REOUIRF3 PERMISSION Of 3 THE COPYRIGHT OWNER.' This Reader in Modern Hebrew Literatureis dedicated to all those who helped in one way or another to make it possible toproduce it:to our teaching staff, project specialists, typists, and secretaryand to our students who inspired us to undertake this project. ULELLLLI LLE LE UL11111 i12d1-2.1 SC1 L L LUC. LCI LC. LILC g LLLCI "CH ifirt. CLL tLtLLCLI LL UCK EMI u LLLadLtaLL ay_ uziLrLrLaLau LLI "CLICALILIG LrLL LLuLciu aQLL rc..Lu audL LiL a-la-tarn 'on 13M 113 Intl,:euction in English n,5a3tr3 Klan 5xnurl3 n,,narn n'alnrn The Daily Hebrew Newspapers in Israel Wriva mninnn in : 1 nvpnl, 1 ('K)llavnn 0-3 vnylarion ,sn 17 ('a)Ila,nn In/Ialon Ixn : 2 n,,n1 3 35 ('m) 1966 iloal'a K'man : : 4 n-rinv 54 ('a) 1966 iloal'a Kvman 72 vovlan rasa : 5 nvyny 85 01,10 '131 0151n : 6 n'vn, 104 ('K) 'con In5ln : 7 n,,n1 126 ('a) nl,m,Kn ion in5ls : 8 n,,n, murrna 11,1711Kn 717 .a 139 1331,D3 11131DVM1 9 n7ln, : 10 n-clny 154 D,M1D1 5r nlop n'3351 169 nvao ,n,almrs ,nInns : 11 n,,n1 187 5n1nnaln 5m .95e7m,n : 12 n,,n, 206 nlarlon nv-la ,,,n, 5r nDiron : 13 n'In, 225 lavpaa n,,nn : 14 n'vn, 254 n's,Inrn 135111n : 15 n,,n1 71.11tula mninnn in 266 1'3,5K1p3 no,on : 16 n,,n1 278 nIrvaln nlalpn n'vr, : 17 wryly" 299 n5v1a non5n2 (31011x : 18 n-cinv 316 plain n113n : 19 n'InI : 20 nIvril 330 aminn tripna alnln 11,3710 - 348 lintn.nMr7 nn 21 n,,n, 374 !croKa ovela,inon : 22 ri7vn., 388 10, 'inns pl.ma : 23 ;17,11, .1221 .913 47 397 nO nlam.m:imn i 24 n7.,n, 421 n1515,2 5m n1-77.nte t 25 wrsn's INTRODUCTION performed pursuant The research reportedin these two volumes was of Education, Departm3nt to a contract betweenthe United States Office the University of of Health, Education andWelfare end the Regents of Wisconsin (Contract No. OEC3-6-061385-1631). to the language of These readers are designedto introd,xce the student the part of the student the modern Hebrew Israelipress. It assumes on modern Hebrew structure,plus a a knowledge ofthe ba-lic elements of of college basic vocabulary usuallycovered during the first two years courses in modernHebrew. the stylistic The readers are designedto help the student master Hebrew. Accordingly, patterns and vocabularycharacter:sties of newspaper included the selections arerepresentative of front page news coverage, Two. in Volume One, and of reports,features and editorials in Volume exercises and The texts are annotatedand implemented with classroom drills. of Volume Two contains selectionswhich present a higher level newspaper Hebrew instyle, vocabulary and subjectmatter. basist by These readers were usedsuccessfully, on an experimental University Gf Wisconsin. our third yearstudents on the Campus of the stage where his With the use of this reader,the student has reached the to attention shOuld now be devotedless to problems of grammar and more pattern and matters of vocabulary andstyle. Here, we followed the in its methodology successfully develOpedby the University of Michigan analysis series of Arabic Readers. Insteadof intensive grammatical the stud,:mt now needs to expand hisvocabulary and gain a feeling for style and idiomatic expressions byreading as extensively as possible. The reader attempts to facilitatethis, with every needed help in reading, by introducing the reader to thevocab/lary, idiom and style of modern Israel Hebrew newspapers. The following features are designed toaid the student: 1. Words are translated in terms of thecontexts in which they occur. However, other primary meanings of theseterms are also given. 2. Cumulative Hebrew-English andEnglish-Hebrew vocabularies for ready reference are provided at the end of eachvolume. 3. A basic Hebrew vocabulary of 500-800words.is assumed for the student. 4. Phrases and sometimes entire sentences aretranslated in the notes where the structure may not be eiltirely clear. 5. Each unit is glossed independently of allothers, so that the student is not required to recall a word from aprevious selection. 6. Ample provision is made to enable thc student to preparehis own glosses and to use dictionaries and other referenceworks. 7. Numerous and varied exercises are provided toenable the teacher snd the student make selections to suit the level and purposeof the course and curriculum. 8. The glosses and vocabularies are given withconsiderable overlap from one unit to the next. This waspurposely designed to enable the student to retain the words which recur. 9. There are numerous exercises designed tohelp the Ptudent maste- new vocabulary as well as acquire a feeling for word usageand idiomatic style. 10. No attempt was made to solve the difficultproblem of Hebrew orthography and hence orthographical variants wore notnormalfzed. All selections are reproduced unedited except obvious misprints and errors. The author wishes to acknowledge his sincere appreciationto all those who helped in the preparation of the reader. He isparticularly indebted to Professor Abraham Avni, project specialist atthe University of Wisconsin for the preparation of the draft for Volume One,and to Galia Simon and Yemima Rabin, project specialists in theDepartment, for their invalueole assistance in the preparation of the explanatorynotes and exereses of the units in Volume Two. The aathor wishes to expresshis thanks to Gila Halpern, for the preparation of the texts forthe printers. To the Uisconsin Society for Jewish Learning and the HebrewCultural Foun- dation of New Yorls the author expresses his gratitude for their generous assistance which made possible the publication of these volumes. THE DAILY HEBREW NEWSPAPERS IN ISRAEL The press is as diversified asthe population, covering every shadeof opinion in a dozen languages. It is freeof all political censorship, though control is exercised over mattersaffecting military security. The daily papers have six to 20 pages,but Friday issues are doubled or more in size as weekendsupplements. No papers appear on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. There are 22 morning and two afternoon newspapers.Thirteen of the morning papers - most associated withpolitical parties - are in Hebrew, and the rest in English, German, Arabic,Hungarian, French, Polish, Yiddish, Rumanian and Bulgarian. The two foremost morning papers sell about40,000 copies on week- days, most of the others ranging from 5,000 to18,000. The evening papers have larger circulations: 85,000 to 118,000.On Fridays, when there are weekend supplements, sales go up to 58,000 in themorning and 134,000 in the evening. There are about 400 other periodicals, including over70 government publications. Some 50 are weeklies and 150 fortnightlies ormonthlies. About 260 are published in Hebrew, the others appearin Arabic, English, French, Yiddish, Bulgarian, Rumanian, Spanish,Ladino, Hungarian, Polish and Persian. The Government Press Office keeps the local pressand foreign cor- respondents informed on Government activities, and helpsjournalists to obtain information and contacts. 1T114 - Associated Israeli Press offers a national service oflocal news and distributes Reuter and Agence FrancePresse dispatches. Its shareholders are the daily newspapers. (From: Facts about Israel. 1968)v/vi A. Morning Newspapers to rtrin -(Hebrew: "The Land") An independent Hebrew daily Haaretz newspaper. It was first foundedby a group of Hebrew writers in Jerusalem in 1919 as Hadshot Ha -Aretz (News of the Land).