The Online Hebrew Language School

What The Online Hebrew Language School does

The Online Hebrew Language School (Ivritli / עבריתלי) is a private online Hebrew language school founded in 2019 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, serving children of Israeli and Jewish diaspora families living outside Israel. The school delivers live, small-group Zoom classes taught by a globally distributed team of Israeli-trained teachers across proficiency levels and age groups (Hebrew garden at age 3 through advanced writing skills for teens), with 34 weekly lessons per academic year. Its core product is differentiated by a proprietary multi-sensory, experiential Hebrew immersion methodology and a portfolio of original curricula — Nitzitzim (ages 3-6), Maayanot (for schools and educational institutions), and Alim Rishonim (spoken Hebrew) — supplemented by enrichment workshops in music, art, cooking, and movement, plus a family summer camp in Spain and a Bar/Bat Mitzvah year program.

The business model is annual subscription-based, with regionally tiered pricing: 690 EUR plus a 59 EUR registration fee per student for Europe and global markets, and 970 USD plus a 72 USD registration fee per student for USA and Canada. Distribution is digital-first — primarily direct via the ivritli.com website with a level-assessment-driven self-serve registration flow — and supplemented by a channel partnership with the International Association of Jewish Day Schools and Programs (IAC) for the USA, Canada, and Latin America. GTM is community-led, relying on word-of-mouth referrals within Jewish diaspora communities, parent testimonials, and community events rather than paid performance marketing. The company operates with approximately 9 employees and no disclosed external funding, growing organically over six-plus years.

Name

The Online Hebrew Language School

Legal name

Ivritli

Website

https://ivritli.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Online Hebrew Language School (Ivritli) is a private online school founded in 2019 in Barcelona, delivering live Zoom-based Hebrew language instruction to children ages 3-18 of Israeli and Jewish diaspora families worldwide via annual subscriptions, proprietary multi-sensory curricula, and a community-led distribution model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Hebrew language education

NAICS

Language Schools (611630)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

General Language Schools & Institutes (EDAMAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Language Immersion & Bilingual Private Schools (EDAJABAL)

Keywords

• Online Hebrew school
• Hebrew language education
• Jewish heritage language learning
• Live online language classes
• Diaspora Hebrew immersion

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Annual Hebrew Language Courses (Europe & Global): Annual subscription-based Hebrew language courses priced at 690 euros per student per academic year (34 weekly lessons). Registration fee and materials additional at 59 euros. Split into two geographic pricing tiers.
2. Annual Hebrew Language Courses (USA & Canada via IAC): Annual subscription-based Hebrew language courses for USA and Canada at 970 USD per student per academic year (34 weekly lessons), plus 72 USD annual registration fee. Offered in partnership with IAC.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Online Hebrew Language School (Ivritli) delivers live, small-group Hebrew language classes over Zoom to children ages 3-18 from Jewish and Israeli families living outside Israel. Its core academic program is augmented by proprietary original curricula — Nitzitzim for ages 3-6, Maayanot for Jewish schools and institutions, and Aleph Rashim for non-Hebrew-speaking children — and complemented by cultural enrichment workshops, a Bar/Bat Mitzvah-year program, and an annual family summer camp in Spain.

Product overview

Ivritli – The Online Hebrew Language School is a unified online education platform offering comprehensive Hebrew language instruction through multiple interconnected programs. The core offering includes live online Hebrew school courses for children ages 3-18 conducted in small groups, supplemented by specialized curriculum programs: Nitzitzim (for ages 3-6), Maayanot (for schools and institutions), and Aleph Rashim (spoken Hebrew for non-speakers). The platform also offers enrichment activities including summer camp, community events, and a Year of Mitzvah program, creating a holistic Hebrew learning ecosystem that combines formal instruction with cultural immersion and community building.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ניצנים (Nitzanim): Innovative Hebrew language learning program for kindergarten and elementary school children ages 3-6, featuring original songs, stories, podcasts, enrichment sheets, and games.
• מעיינות (Mayanot)
• עלים ראשונים (Aleph Reshonim)
• Ivritli Shnat Mitzvah Year
• Ivritli Summer Camp

Products and services

• Online Hebrew School (Annual Hebrew Language Courses)

Quantifiable outcome

• Children begin writing Hebrew spontaneously outside of class (e.g., practicing in notebooks), indicating deep language internalization
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IAC (International Association of Jewish Day Schools and Programs)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIvritli partners with IAC to deliver Hebrew language courses to families in the USA, Canada, South America, and Central America. IAC provides enrollment infrastructure and acts as the registration platform (iac360.org/ivritli/) for North and Latin American students, serving as a channel partner for Ivritli's distribution in these regions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Verbling: Online platform for live group and private language lessons with vetted teachers. Comparable delivery mechanism (live Zoom classes, small groups, teacher-led) and similar positioning around authentic-language teachers, though serving broader languages.
• italki: Online marketplace for one-on-one and group language lessons with professional teachers. Comparable to Ivritli in delivering live, online, language-specific instruction to adult and family learners globally, though without Ivritli's proprietary curriculum and K-12 focus.
• Live Lingua: Online language school offering live group lessons for niche and less-commonly-taught languages. Closely comparable to Ivritli in specializing in languages underserved by mainstream platforms and delivering small-group live online classes.
• Preply: Online platform connecting learners with language tutors for live lessons across many languages. Comparable operating model (live online language instruction, subscription-style pricing, distributed teachers) though broader and without Jewish/Hebrew niche specialization.

Broad incumbents

• Berlitz: Global language instruction company offering live (online and in-person) language courses. Comparable in live-instructor language instruction category, but operates as an established incumbent serving corporate and consumer markets across many languages.
• Duolingo: Freemium language learning platform including Hebrew. Competes for the same end-user attention in language learning but operates at vastly different scale and price point (free vs. 690-970 USD/year), and without live teachers or community/immersion components.
• Babbel: Subscription-based language learning platform with broad language coverage. Overlaps with Ivritli in language acquisition and recurring subscription model, but Babbel is self-serve/AI-driven with no live teachers or diaspora cultural immersion.
• Pimsleur: Audio-based language learning program including Hebrew. Comparable in offering Hebrew as a subscription language product, but uses self-paced audio methodology vs. Ivritli's live, group-based, culturally immersive delivery.
• Rosetta Stone: Long-established language learning subscription platform offering Hebrew among many languages. Comparable in subscription/recurring language learning category but operates as a broader incumbent with self-paced methodology vs. Ivritli's live small-group model.

Others

• JCC Association (Jewish Community Centers): Network of Jewish community centers in North America that frequently offer Hebrew and Jewish education programs for children. Adjacent/competing provider of Hebrew cultural education for the same diaspora families Ivritli targets, but typically in-person and bundled into broader community programming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ivritli

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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