Julie Seltzer, who lives in Beacon, is a soferet, or Hebrew scribe.

Inor Roni Kagno couldn’t have imagined the horror he witnessed on Oct. 7, 2023. He was working as a photographer at the Nova Music Festival in Israel when Hamas terrorists attacked, killing nearly 400 ...

Mordechai Rosenstein, a painter and calligrapher whose brightly colored illuminations of Hebrew texts adorn countless Jewish homes, offices and synagogues, died on July 9 in Elkins Park. He was 90.

JTA — Mordechai Rosenstein, a painter and calligrapher whose brightly colored illuminations of Hebrew texts adorn countless Jewish homes, offices, and synagogues, died on July 9 in Elkins Park, ...

“The big thing is that they’re happy,” an associate said of the artist’s works based on Hebrew text. Mordechai Rosenstein, a painter and calligrapher whose brightly colored illuminations of Hebrew ...

(JTA) — Mordechai Rosenstein, a painter and calligrapher whose brightly colored illuminations of Hebrew texts adorn countless Jewish homes, offices and synagogues, died on July 9 in Elkins Park, ...

In 2021, a leather-bound book dating from the second part of the 19th century came up for sale at a New York auction house, together with other similar works. Originally from the Jewish community in ...

The rise of a whole new profession of calligraphy artists, often with little or no connection with tradition, has meant a new approach to the aleph-bet. A Hebrew scribe – sofer stam – has a special ...

For Thoufeek Zakriya (24), the written word knows no religion. The Muslim calligrapher’s fascination with the Hebrew script took on a new dimension following a meeting with his friend and Kannur ...

When a calligrapher wields one’s tools on a medium, each stroke brings forth an expressive style of writing. This ornamental penmanship, or ‘the art of beautiful writing’, has a distinguished place in ...

KOCHI: When a calligrapher wields one’s tools on a medium, each stroke brings forth an expressive style of writing. This ornamental penmanship, or ‘the art of beautiful writing’, has a distinguished ...

An international festival of calligraphy, the first in Kerala, will begin in Kochi on Monday. The festival, to be inaugurated by Industries Minister P. Rajeeve at 9 a.m., will be held at Durbar Hall ...