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The Davka Corp. (www.davka.com) has announced Alef Bet Schoolhouse for the Mac. It’s an app that introduces Hebrew letter basics to children ages three and up. Alef Bet Schoolhouse features four ...

For the first time in 17 years, the Jewish day school Aleph Bet will have new leadership. Nan Jarashow, the longtime head of school, is retiring this summer. “I have three sons, each of whom has ...

Aleph Bet Children’s Center, a Three Star and Gold Sneaker childcare center and preschool, begins celebrating its 20th anniversary on Thursday, Sept. 15 from noon-1:30 with a Deli Day at the Jewish ...

The Jewish Federation announces Rebecca McDonald is the next director of Aleph Bet Children’s Center. Ms. McDonald as a Bachelor’s of Science in Child Health and a Masters in Child Development. She is ...

What if learning Hebrew in public schools was as common for Jewish students as studying French or Spanish? With that in mind, in April, JUF established a first-of-its-kind foundation focusing ...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

Ever since I was a child, I have been terrified of rooms full of children — a strange trait for a Hebrew-school teacher. Yes, I adore kids one-on-one, but large groups of them scare me. I thought this ...

In “Aleph-Bet: An Alphabet for the Perplexed” (Six Gallery Press), writer Joshua Cohen, a literary critic for the Forward, and artist Michael Hafftka reinterpret the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, ...

As part of her capstone project at her Tel Aviv-area college, graphic artist Michal Shomer revamped the Hebrew alphabet — adding a dozen new letters to make the 3,000-year-old language more inclusive ...