“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 ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) — When ...

Izzy Pludwinski’s new book looks at the evolution of Hebrew calligraphy, from sacred scrolls through modern art and graffiti. Hillel Smith, “Who Brings Forth Bread from the Land” (2016) (image ...

Hebrew vowels make their appearance through ‘nikkud’—a system of 16 different symbols representing 5 basic vowel sounds. These symbols are strategically placed around the letters to guide ...

“A truly beautiful letter,” writes Izzy Pludwinski in his book “The Beauty of the Hebrew Letter” (Brandeis University Press, 2023), “will possess a dynamism, an internal lifeforce.” The book ...

The oldest recorded alphabet may be Hebrew. According to a controversial new study by archaeologist and ancient inscription specialist Douglas Petrovich, Israelites in Egypt took 22 ancient Egyptian ...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Middle East peace may remain out of reach, but at least the Hebrew and Arabic languages have found a compromise. Israeli typography designer Liron Lavi Turkenich has created a ...

A fragment of a limestone plaque bearing several letters of ancient Hebrew script was discovered while sifting soil that was excavated in the vicinity of the Gihon Spring, within the precincts of the ...