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Shaul Vardi wrote: > Hi, > My name's Shaul, I joined at Yitzik's suggestion. Hi Shaul, I welcome you on our board as the official Commissioner of Instrumentality of this group (that is, group owner): - ma'qdamo en h^eyro! > between Jewish communities and Israel). I liked languages and was > fortunate to be able to learn French, German, Spanish and Russian at > school, as well as Hebrew outside school. A good background! > For the past 18 years I have been living in Jerusalem. I work as a > translator and fundraiser for social change / peace organizations. > During this period I have learned Arabic reasonably well, and Arabic > has had a very strong influence on Tesk. I have also developed a > milder interest in Turkish. All this may be very useful for us! > I am raising two children (ages 4 and 8) whose first language is > Hebrew, but who get a lot of English from me, and are also attending > a bilingual Hebrew-Arabic school in Jerusalem, which provides many > linguistic (and other) insights. Oh that polyglossy ;) I know its pros and contras very well in my own family, as I live in such a multilingual country like Ukraine! > OK, that's more than enough for now! I don't promise to be very > active, and as I already told Yitzik - I don't have a strong formal > linguistic background, as will be regrettably evident in any of my > contributions. Your contributions will always be welcomed. Koll b'rachot, -- Isaac A. Penzev (aka Yitzik)