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 ...

People ask me how I managed to learn Hebrew so fast. I tell them that I don’t know, whether two years is a short period to learn Hebrew from scratch. But I do manage to communicate with my hairdresser ...

During Hebrew school, Jewish students create Passover plates and covers for a traditional braided bread called challah. They learn the Hebrew alphabet and how to read its letters. They participate in ...

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Genia Kutner, 86, of Delray Beach, believes that every Jew should know how to read Hebrew. Kutner said: “It’s important for a people to have a common language. Without a common language, the Jewish ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I learned the Hebrew alphabet when I was three years old in kindergarten. By Grade 1, at my Jewish day school, I was taking classes in ...