Brandeis University

Hebrew Language and Literature

The Hebrew Language Program of the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies offers instruction in Hebrew language and literature and in the teaching of Hebrew language. The Hebrew program is the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

An Israeli’s alphabet combines Hebrew and Arabic to promote understanding

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 ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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 ...
Ars Technica

Easiest way of reading/writing Hebrew in Windows (or at least Hotmail)?

My mom regularly e-mails relatives and friends in Israel, but many must resort to snail-mail letters because they don't know english and my mom can't currently read Hebrew on her system. How could I ...
Greek Reporter

How Are the Ancient Greek and Hebrew Alphabets Related?

The Greek and Hebrew alphabets share a common heritage and thus have some key similarities. However, there are also ...
The Daily Northwestern

Language departments host tables to bring learners together with informal conversation

In order to fulfill a program requirement, Weinberg junior Callie Berthold started going to the Hebrew language table during ...
Washington Examiner

Come to Life

Hebrew Writers on Writing Edited by Peter Cole Trinity University, 320 pp., $45 The contemporary Israeli novelist Amos Oz likes to say that, as a boy in Jerusalem, he noticed that everyone over 45 ...
The Forward

Could Merging Hebrew And Arabic Alphabets Help Bring Peace To Middle East?

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. TEL AVIV (JTA ...
Arizona Daily Star

Shard may hold oldest Hebrew writing

HIRBET QEIYAFA, Israel — An Israeli archaeologist has discovered what he believes is the oldest known Hebrew inscription on a 3,000-year-old pottery shard — a find that suggests biblical accounts of ...
The New Yorker

Amos Oz and the Politics of the Hebrew Language

“A few days ago I was walking in Jerusalem, and in one alley . . . I sensed, there was, the smell of wet fabrics after an ironing,” the Israeli novelist Amos Oz once said in an interview. It was “a ...
Brandeis University

Hebrew Language, Literature and Culture

The Hebrew Language and Literature Program enables students to function in the Hebrew language at all levels and in all skills. In terms of both the means and the goal of the program, a special ...
The Forward

Writing Hebrew letters carefully is a Jewish tradition. This rabbi sees sacredness in doodles, too.

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