The Phoenician alphabet, language, and culture were strongly influenced by Egypt, which controlled Phoenicia for an extensive period, as King Rib-Adda of Byblos admits in a letter to the pharaoh. The ...

Agulnik, like the other teens JTA spoke to, uses Duolingo not to start Hebrew learning from scratch, but rather to improve on existing knowledge from synagogue, Hebrew school or home.

What is a dreidel? A dreidel is a spinning top with four sides, each inscribed with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The Hebrew letters inscribed on a dreidel are a Nun, Gimel, Hey or Chai, and Shin.

The Kabbalah, a profound mystical tradition, posits that the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet are foundational elements of existence, each carrying unique energies and secret wisdom that ...

The Academy of the Hebrew Language announced that a mirror image of the letter Tzadi would be added to the alphabet to spell out a 'Ch.' It quickly clarified that the announcement was an April ...

Synagogue Hebrew schools traditionally educate children from Jewish or interfaith households but don’t market to non-Jewish children. Adults from other faiths, however, are finding more opportunities ...

Hebrew is one of the hardest languages to learn for native English speakers. That’s one of the many reasons why studying it can be so rewarding. If you decide to learn Hebrew, be sure to check these ...

Hebrew wasn’t spoken for 2,000 years. Here’s how it was revived. The religious language that lay dormant for millennia is now global, used by millions of people around the world—including in ...