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 ...

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 Hebrew alphabet lost five characters by a decree of the Ukrainian Commissariat of Education, acting upon request of the Jewish section of the Communist party. The ancient alphabet has five ...

When Yehudit Goldfarb moves her body to resemble the letters aleph, gimel or nun, it’s part-dance, part-devotion. A mix of tai chi-style movements, meditative moments and kabbalistic traditio… ...