A Contemporary Bet Midrash for Hebrew, Torah, and Jewish Learning

Serious Jewish learning for thoughtful adults through Biblical Hebrew, Torah study, live online courses, and self-paced learning.

Whether you are beginning Hebrew for the first time, returning to Jewish learning after many years, or seeking deeper engagement with biblical texts, you are welcome here.

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Jewish Learning for Adults at Every Stage

Many adults approach Hebrew and Torah study carrying uncertainty.

Some were taught to sound out Hebrew without understanding it. Others were made to feel that serious Jewish learning belonged only to scholars, clergy, or people who “already know.”

This learning space was built differently.

Here, Biblical Hebrew is taught carefully and accessibly. Torah is approached as a living conversation filled with interpretation, memory, disagreement, and discovery.

The goal is not simply information, but meaningful engagement with Jewish texts, language, and tradition.

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Three Paths into the Bet Midrash

Learn Classical Hebrew

Build real reading skills through courses designed specifically for adult learners.

Learn at your own pace through asynchronous courses or join live online cohorts for guided study and community learning.

Offerings include:

  • Beginner Biblical Hebrew

  • Intermediate reading courses

  • Live online cohorts

  • Structured learning pathways

Study Torah and Hebrew Bible

Engage deeply with biblical texts, Jewish interpretation, theology, and contemporary scholarship.

Courses and webinars are designed for curious adult learners seeking thoughtful, accessible engagement with Torah and Hebrew Bible.

Offerings include:

  • Hebrew Bible courses

  • One-off webinars

  • Text-centered learning

Torah Cantillation

Develop confidence chanting Torah and participating more fully in Jewish ritual life.

This asynchronous course teaches Torah trope and liturgical skills in a supportive, accessible format designed especially for adult learners.

Ideal for:

  • Adult b’nei mitzvah students

  • Synagogue participation

  • Personal learning

Ritual confidence.

Not Sure Which Level is Right For You?

Download a copy of a Hebrew self-assessment to see which course is right for you!

Who This is For

Synagogue adults

Follow services and participate in study without feeling lost.

Those in the process of conversion

Enter Jewish textual life from the inside.

Future rabbinical students

Build the reading foundation serious programs assume.

Spiritual seekers and returning learners

Reconnect with Jewish texts in a way that feels meaningful, accessible, and intellectually honest.

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Testimonials

I'm loving every minute of this class. Tamar is gifted at presenting complex information, providing a road map with video, exercises and translation that makes Biblical Hebrew easy to understand and fun to learn. This class should be a model for online language learning. I'm so glad I found it.

Cheryl Z.

I would give my highest recommendation to anyone for Tamar's classes. I recently took her Classical Hebrew Fundamentals and Beginner-Intermediate Biblical Hebrew courses online and it has been a wonderful experience. The classes are structured really well, and move quickly but very thoroughly through the basics, with amazing attention to detail. Interspersed in the teaching are historical and linguistic notes that bring the language alive. She makes a difficult subject clear and fun. I can't believe how much I have been able to learn in only a year, and it's wonderful to be able to understand and read a lot of the Hebrew at services. Her teaching is extraordinary!!"

Carolyn B.

Tamar is a wonderful teacher. Aside from being deeply knowledgeable about the subject material, she brings a delicate balance of deep wisdom to the material with a sense of light playfulness. She takes the material and her students seriously, treating them both with attention and care. Biblical Hebrew grammar may not sound like the most fascinating topic, but Tamar has a way of drawing out the spiritual, historical, and political meanings underneath the dots, lines, and letters that make up the Torah. She is an integrated teacher, drawing on a wide variety of tools to bring deeper understanding to the text and to her learners. More people should have the opportunity to learn with her. 

Alex W.

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Serious Learning Without Intimidation

Many of us who were raised as Jews were taught to pronounce Hebrew but not to read it. This program is designed to change that experience. Instead of drills or memorized vocabulary lists, you will develop the habits used in real Jewish learning so that the language becomes a doorway rather than a barrier.Across four stages, students move from the alphabet to independent text study. The emphasis is not speed but literacy: the ability to approach a passage and understand how it works.

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Frequently asked questions preview

Is this a conversational language class?

No. The focus is reading Jewish texts with understanding.

I never learned Hebrew as a child.

You are exactly who the program is designed for.

Will I be ready for text study?

That is what the program is designed for!

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Meet Tamar Kamionkowski

Tamar Kamionkowski is a biblical scholar and teacher, whose work bridges academic biblical scholarship and contemporary Jewish life.

Her teaching combines rigorous textual study with accessibility, warmth, and a deep commitment to helping adults enter Jewish learning with confidence and curiosity.

She teaches Biblical Hebrew, Torah interpretation, and Jewish textual traditions for students ranging from complete beginners to advanced adult learners and future clergy.