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 ...

"A truly beautiful letter," writes the Israeli artist Izzy Pludwinski in his new book, "The Beauty of the Hebrew Letter," "will possess a dynamism, an internal lifeforce." "Letters," he adds, "are the ...

“The letters of the Jews as strict as flames,” writes Karl Shapiro in the poem titled “The Alphabet,” “Or little terrible flowers lean/Stubbornly upwards through the perfect ages/Singing through solid ...

Discover which Hebrew words we use in English and other facts about the language. Also available in Hebrew with audio.

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Alan Cheuse reviews Ladies and Gentlemen, The Original Music of the Hebrew Alphabet, two novellas by translator and scholar Curt Leviant, published by the University of Wisconsin press.

Mordechai Rosenstein, a painter and calligrapher whose brightly colored illuminations of Hebrew texts adorn countless Jewish homes, offices and synagogues, died on July 9 in Elkins Park. He was 90.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. 1993-151-428 -33 - The box, ...

“The big thing is that they’re happy,” an associate said of the artist’s works based on Hebrew text. Mordechai Rosenstein, a painter and calligrapher whose brightly colored illuminations of Hebrew ...