Did you know that the ancient scrolls of the Torah don’t contain any vowels? Unlike English, where vowels are explicitly represented as letters (A, E, I, O, U) and are fundamental to every word, ...
NEW YORK (JTA) — While making the film “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” Natalie Portman had to put her palm in front of her mouth, repeat Hebrew words and feel how the air hit her skin. If Portman felt ...
Along with directing, writing and starring in a Hebrew-language film, now out in U.S. theaters, Portman had to learn how to speak like an Israeli housewife in the 1940s. NEW YORK (JTA) — While making ...