On the 6th of October, we hosted our annual TINAU Fall Fair. The event was a space for Palestinian, Israeli, and international artisans to come together with their crafts, representing identity, resistance, and resilience. In attendance were hundreds, including students, staff, and community members, with Hebrew, Arabic, and English being spoken freely and interchangeably. This […]
This is Not an Ulpan Staff
This is Not an Ulpan (TINAU) was founded in 2012 by a group of teachers and students frustrated by their own Ulpan experiences where the language taught was too often removed from the real world. The group believed a language school should teach the language of everyday life (and in real-life situations where possible). The group also identified the lack of language schools teaching both Hebrew and Arabic and believed that in order to reduce cultural barriers within Israel that first the language barriers needed to be reduced. Today TINAU stands out as one of the only language schools in Israel that teaches both Hebrew and Arabic and is run by Jews, Palestinians, locals and newcomers together.
