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 ...

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Discover which Hebrew words we use in English and other facts about the language. Also available in Hebrew with audio. 20 useful audio phrases, including 'Hello' and 'How are you?', to download or ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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A new illustrated Hebrew weekly printed in Latin characters has arrived from Tel Aviv, Palestine, where it is published by Ittamar Ben-Avi. The periodical is caled Deror (Liberty), presumably ...

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 ...