“A truly beautiful letter,” writes Izzy Pludwinski in his book “The ... It was only during the 19th century, with the rise of Zionism, that Modern Hebrew emerged and became widely used by the Jews who ...

Izzy Pludwinski's Brush Aleph-bet, 2007, "The Beauty of the Hebrew Letter," Brandeis University Press. Modern Hebrew language is an indispensable key to the fullness of Jewish civilization and creates ...