Turkenich, 32, was inspired to create Aravrit by the road signs in Haifa, the mixed Jewish and Arab city where ... the 29 in Arabic to create an Aravrit alphabet with 638 characters.

Jewish reggae superstar Matisyahu ... Transliteration is the conversion of a word written in one alphabet to another. Since the Hebrew word for Hanukkah does not easily transliterate to English ...