The Forward

Writing Hebrew letters carefully is a Jewish tradition. This rabbi sees sacredness in doodles, too.

(JTA) — When the pandemic kept Rabbi Emily Meyer stuck at home last year, she took up a hobby familiar to any elementary school student — doodling. But Meyer, a Jewish educator in the Pittsburgh area, ...
The Times of Israel

Hebrew Writing: The Language That Was Hard to Kill

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The Jerusalem Post Blogs

This rabbi carries on the Jewish tradition of writing Hebrew letters creatively

During the pandemic, Rabbi Emily Meyer started drawing around Hebrew letters, using brightly colored markers to hug the contours of the aleph-bet. Then she started posting them on Facebook. When the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

An Israeli’s alphabet combines Hebrew and Arabic to promote understanding

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Middle East peace may remain out of reach, but at least the Hebrew and Arabic languages have found a compromise. Israeli typography designer Liron Lavi Turkenich has created a ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Writing Hebrew letters creatively is a Jewish tradition. This rabbi sees sacredness in doodles, too.

“There’s actually a cognitive benefit to drawing shapes and images to represent words,” Rabbi Emily Meyer said of her video project. (JTA) — When the pandemic kept Rabbi Emily Meyer stuck at home last ...