Hyperallergic

A Designer Fuses Arabic and Hebrew to Create a New Script

JERUSALEM — On June 11, Israeli typeface designer and professor Liron Lavi Turkenich found herself teaching a new student: her country’s president, Reuven Rivlin. Turkenich, a 32-year-old professor of ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Rules Telegraph Officials Not Obliged to Accept Hebrew Script

Though Hebrew is recognized as one of the three official languages of the mandated territory of Palestine, the acceptance of telegrams in Hebrew script is not obligatory upon the Palestine postal ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

If Script of Hebrew Language is to Be Changed, Let It Be Arabic, Plea

If the Assyrian (square) script employed in writing Hebrew is to be changed, as is now being advocated, let the Jews of Palestine adopt the Arabic alphabet, instead of imitating the westernization ...
Sun Sentinel

Rare First Temple-era stone seal unearthed in Jerusalem

(JNS) A rare and unique First Temple-era stone seal inscribed with a name in paleo-Hebrew script has been uncovered near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on August ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Ancient seal with winged 'genie,' inscribed Jewish name found in Jerusalem

A 2,700-year-old seal featuring a winged figure and Hebrew script was discovered. The seal reveals the Assyrian influence during the First Temple era in Jerusalem. A stone seal from the Jewish First ...