Rahel Halabe is a designer, developer, and instructor of both Biblical and Modern Hebrew curricula with more than 20 years of experience. She has applied her methods to creating and teaching courses at the Vancouver School of Theology, the University of British Columbia (UBC), Peking University in Beijing, Vancouver Mini Ulpan, and Vancouver Jewish Community Center. Rahel is interested in the principles and practice of teaching additional languages. In 2011 she completed and published her textbook: Hinneh – Biblical Hebrew the Practical Way. Rahel Halabe holds a B.A. in Modern Arabic Literature from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (HUJI), and is a published Hebrew translator of nine works of Modern Arabic literature. Rahel Halabe also earned diplomas from HUJI in Second Language Teaching and in Translation, as well as an MEd. from the Department of Language and Literacy at UBC.