Judith Shemer is serving SILC as a senior lecturer in Modern Hebrew. In 2008, Shemer started at ASU where she developed the Modern Hebrew program from the ground up, which includes language courses, cultural courses, and a study abroad in Israel. Now, in addition to three levels of language courses, there are three online cultural courses (iCourses).

In November 2015, a Certificate in Modern Hebrew was approved. In 2019, Shemer will direct a faculty-lead study abroad in Israel.