A princess, a guardian angel and a Zionist folk hero.

As the 1950’s song says, little things mean a lot. And this includes the many Hebrew words that describe littleness.

What is the connection between beauty and citrus fruits, editors and Talmudists? They come together in a Hebrew root that sometimes provides dubious pairings.

What do Passover, the Chosen People, the color purple, a vowel sound, bees, a hamsa and university faculty have to do with each other?

A.B. Yehoshua's most recent novel, The Tunnel, is a tragicomic case study of marital love and cognitive decline.

One of the fiercest quarrels in the history of Jewish linguistics was between medieval Hebrew lexicographers.

If To the Edge of Sorrow, in Stuart Schoffman’s masterful translation, is not Aharon Appelfeld’s best and most accessible novel, it is certainly among his top three.

The Hebrew root kaf-heh-nun, to serve, officiate or hold high office, is the source of the noun כְּהוּנָָה (kehuna), priesthood, the family name Cohen and the term for…