(JTA) — When the pandemic kept Rabbi Emily Meyer stuck at home last year, she took up a hobby familiar to any elementary school student — doodling. But Meyer, a Jewish educator in the Pittsburgh area, ...
In Hebrew the Bible begins with the second letter of the alphabet, Bet. In this folktale, Aleph is rewarded by being allowed to start the Ten Commandments. In Hebrew, the first word is אָנֹכִי, which ...
The Academy of the Hebrew Language, the official governing body of the modern Hebrew language, announced on Monday that from now on the Hebrew alphabet will consist of 23 letters. The name of the new ...
Typography designer Liron Lavi Turkenich has created a stylized writing system that merges the two ancient alphabets into a single giant one. TEL AVIV (JTA) — Middle East peace may remain out of reach ...
When you open your machzor this week on Rosh Hashanah, first take a moment to consider how the Hebrew letters on the page got there. For about 200 years, Jewish communities in America had to rely on ...
Peter Cole is one of the foremost Jewish poets and translators in the English-speaking world. A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” and a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, Cole has ...
While studying at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, Mordechai Rosenstein learned figure drawing and color theory, which he calls the “ABCs” of fine art, the fundamental skills needed to be an ...
Here's what you need to know about playing this festive Hanukkah activity. A dreidel is a spinning top with four sides, each inscribed with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The Hebrew letters ...
Writing Hebrew letters creatively is a Jewish tradition. This rabbi sees sacredness in doodles, too.
“There’s actually a cognitive benefit to drawing shapes and images to represent words,” Rabbi Emily Meyer said of her video project. (JTA) — When the pandemic kept Rabbi Emily Meyer stuck at home last ...
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