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Gabriel Birnbaum, senior researcher at Historical Dictionary Project at Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem, shows an old Hebrew text on his personal computer at his office in Jerusalem, August 23, 2017. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
September 14, 2017, 4:42 pm
Epic quest is documenting the ‘miracle’ of the Hebrew language
Researchers are painstakingly building lexicon of every word in ancient tongue through to its modern incarnation
By Mike Smith
Can you read these words? Aravrit from Liron Lavi Turkenich's Facebook page
June 1, 2017, 5:52 am
Can you read ‘Aravrit,’ the typography of peace?
With Hebrew below and Arabic above, Liron Lavi Turkenich designs revolutionary lettering all Israelis and Arabs can understand
By Andrew Tobin
Illustrative. A Hebrew-English keyboard. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
December 13, 2016, 7:40 pm
Israel tries to take the sting out of typing in Hebrew
Standards Institution grapples with confusing locations of punctuation keys
By Stuart Winer
Working on a giant banner of loving kindness, at the back-to-school celebration in Jerusalem's YMCA on Monday, August 29 (Courtesy Dasee Berkowitz)
August 31, 2016, 2:49 pm
Back-to-school party celebrates the ABCs of coexistence
Just before the academic year starts, Arab and Jewish kids have a joint jamboree at Jerusalem's YMCA
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative photo of a decorated earlobe. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 7, 2015, 12:51 pm
Hanukkah greeting ad flummoxes NYT readers
Clothing chain's Hebrew holiday wishes for customers in Sunday's Times accidentally refers to dead earlobes instead
By Stuart Winer
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