Love Songs: A great way to learn Hebrew

February is flying by at the speed of light it seems. In our Hebrew Classes we are challenged each week by our Morah (teacher). We are making conversation, congugating verbs and writing in cursive. Much the way school children learn by repetition and determination we are mastering our language. One splendid weekly event is singing! As a child I hated singing, although I was pretty good at it.. If only my parents didn't keep comparing me to my Grandmother's operatic voice( which was also quite good- she was one of our Synagogue's soloist at the High Holidays). I didn't care for opera! Now however, I do enjoy listening to music and singing on occasion. So , in the same way that language binds a people, our songs bind us as a class. We are silly, off-tune and clumsy with our pronunciations and grateful for the "la-la-la's." Magically, with each song (Shir) we sing we accelerate our aquistion of our vocabulary and have fun doing it. As we appreciate the songs in thier own right, we also are learning more about Israeli pop culture and are beginning to feel like we too belong. Really, how cool is it to know of a cool music group that tours and has a website? Especially when your not a kid anymore? So in this blog I am going to provide the links for one of my current favorite groups: I thought I would like to share Gaya, an artist that can be found on ReverbNation. Here are some links to check them out. Profile Page Link: http://www.reverbnation.com/gayagroup Songs: http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_songs/433401 Show Schedule: http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_shows/433401 Videos: http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_videos/433401 Photos: http://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/433401 Never underestimate the power of a Love-Song. L'heat (cool for see you next time!)