"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 ...

For Amy Guenther, the shift to Torah observance was swift and unexpected. About a decade ago, one of her friends started creating Facebook posts suggesting that Christians should be keeping the laws ...

Israeli politicians tells their own people one thing and English-speakers another, writes a doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago. Then he returned to Israel, and promptly tweeted, “These ...

Can I study abroad as a Hebrew Studies and/or Jewish Studies Major or Minor? Yes! Students in both Jewish Studies and Hebrew Studies are encouraged to study abroad. Jewish Studies is truly an ...

The minor in Hebrew Language, Literature, and Culture aims to bring students to an advanced level of proficiency in Hebrew and offer a strong background in Hebrew culture and literature. Students in ...

Arnold J. Band, one of the great Hebrew literary scholars of the past 50 years and a towering figure in the global community of Jewish studies researchers, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Silver ...

Valley Beth Shalom (VBS) is inheriting American Jewish University’s (AJU) long-running online Hebrew and adult educational programs, according to a July 8 statement from the Encino-based Conservative ...

It was the “Ceasefire Now” poster in Yiddish that was my breaking point. A friend had shared it in her Instagram story, emphasizing the importance of us Jews reclaiming Yiddish as a protest against ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. For the past 643 consecutive ...