One of the curiosities in “The Story of Hebrew” by Lewis Glinert (Princeton University Press) is that the author manages to write a history of the Hebrew language without using a single Hebrew letter ...

The term “Lashon Hakodesh” means different things to different people. It’s generally translated as “the holy language.” And what that language is can mean different things to different people. The ...

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The rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who has a long history of making antisemitic comments, apologized to the Jewish community in an Instagram post written in Hebrew on Tuesday. “I sincerely ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Much of Shreveport's history rests at Oakland Cemetery. Inside the gates, you'll find everything from proud stories of war heroes to tragic tales from a massive yellow fever ...

The Anadiplosis was not copied from the literature of any other people but developed from Hebrew literature itself, passing through a number of stages. It may first be detected in prose evolving from ...

The "Primary History" is the scholarly term for the biblical narrative spanning Genesis through Kings, created largely through the combination of pre-existing texts and traditions. This narrative has ...

An unusual collection of books relating to the history and literature of the Jews has been placed on exhibition in the Sterling Memorial Library of Yale University, in honor of the 91st Anniversary of ...

Over 300 years ago, King Louis XIV of France asked Blaise Pascal the great Christian philosopher, to give him proof of God. Pascal answered, “Why the Jews, your Majesty, the Jews!” That the Jewish ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who ...