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    Items with the tag:

    hebrew

    Essay

    Trans­lat­ing ​“Shal­hevetyah”

    Rachel Can­tor is the author of the nov­el A High­ly Unlike­ly Sce­nario, or a Neet­sa Piz­za Employee’s Guide to Sav­ing the World. With the pub­li­ca­tion of her…
    Rachel Can­tor
    January 25, 2016
    Essay

    7 Sur­pris­es in the Eng­lish Trans­la­tion of the Torah

    Ear­li­er this week, Aviya Kush­n­er wrote about the ​“smash­ing, pos­i­tive­ly dash­ing spec­ta­cle” of mod­ern the­ater per­formed in Hebrew. She is the author of The Gram­mar…
    Aviya Kush­n­er
    September 10, 2015
    Essay

    ‘My Fair Lady’ in Hebrew?

    Aviya Kush­n­er is the author of The Gram­mar of God, a mem­oir of her Jour­ney into the Words and Worlds of the Bible. She will be blog­ging here all week for the Jew­ish…
    Aviya Kush­n­er
    September 8, 2015
    Cover of Alef–Bet Hebrew Letter Primer
    Chil­dren’s
    Alef – Bet Hebrew Let­ter Primer
    Rachel Chaput
    Cover of Alef is for Abba/Alef is for Ima
    Chil­dren’s
    Alef is for Abba/​Alef is for Ima
    Rebecca Kafka
    Cover of Counting in Hebrew for English Speaking Kids
    Chil­dren’s
    Count­ing in Hebrew for Eng­lish Speak­ing Kids
    Sarah Mazor
    Cover of The Hebrew Alphabet
    Chil­dren’s
    The Hebrew Alphabet
    Yael Rosenberg & Sarah Mazor
    Essay

    The Pow­er of the Aleph

    Rachel Can­tor is the author of the nov­el A High­ly Unlike­ly Sce­nario, or a Neet­sa Piz­za Employee’s Guide to Sav­ing the World (Melville House). In addi­tion to…
    Rachel Can­tor
    January 13, 2014
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    Non­fic­tion
    Mas­ter­ing Hebrew Calligraphy
    Izzy Pludwinski
    Cover of My Alef-Beis
    Chil­dren’s
    My Alef-Beis
    Cover of Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine
    Non­fic­tion
    Embody­ing Hebrew Cul­ture: Aes­thet­ics, Ath­let­ics, and Dance in the Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty of Man­date Palestine
    Nina S. Spiegel
    Cover of The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary
    Jew­ish Text
    The Hebrew Bible: A Trans­la­tion with Commentary
    Robert Alter
    Cover of In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language
    Non­fic­tion
    In the Begin­ning: A Short His­to­ry of the Hebrew Language
    Joel M. Hoffman
    Cover of Hebrew Talk: 101 Hebrew Roots and the Stories They Tell
    Non­fic­tion
    Hebrew Talk: 101 Hebrew Roots and the Sto­ries They Tell
    Joseph Lewin
    Cover of My First Hebrew Word Book
    Chil­dren’s
    My First Hebrew Word Book
    Judye Groner; Pepi Marzel, illus.
    Cover of The Hebrew Book in Early Modern Italy
    Non­fic­tion
    The Hebrew Book in Ear­ly Mod­ern Italy
    Joseph R. Hacker and Adam Shear, eds.
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