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Teachers and co-op members of This is Not an Ulpan. "The language becomes meaningful when you use it to talk with friends." Credit: Yahel Gazit

'Education is an optimistic act': We spoke with teachers from 'This Is Not an Ulpan' about the possibilities and limits of open dialogue between Jews and Palestinians, and the ways language can reshape our perceptions, and perhaps reality itself

Learning a new language in Israel is often associated with attending an ulpan – an institution within a network of language schools where, since the country's establishment, new immigrants have learned Hebrew while taking their first steps toward integrating into Israeli Jewish culture and society.

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