What does “birat craft” mean in Hebrew?
איך נולדה בירת הקראפט הישראלית
C1 Hebrew listening practice · Standard Hebrew · Curated for advanced learners
בירת קראפט (birat craft) is a fascinating little Hebrew construction. Bira (“beer”) shifts to birat in the construct state (smikhut), then sits next to a transliterated English noun קראפט without translation. Modern Hebrew does this all the time: native grammar holding hands with an untranslated loanword. Birat chavit (draft beer), birat lager, birat IPA all follow the same pattern.
This Kan News long-form profiles the Israeli craft scene through brewer Gilad Cohen, who started in 2006 when Tempo and Hacherut Hamerkaziet (Coca-Cola Israel) controlled almost the entire market. The piece walks through tap-rights battles, the Shapira and Shikma acquisitions, and how the term birat craft crossed from English into a Hebrew industry word in twenty years.
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- ▸On Kan 11 News, Channel 12 News and Reshet 13 News business desks
- ▸At Israeli craft brewers like Malka, Alexander and Negev Brewery
- ▸In Globes and TheMarker coverage of Tempo Beverages and the Central Bottling Company
- ▸In Tel Aviv beer-bar listings on Time Out Tel Aviv and the Beer Bazaar festival pages