"A truly beautiful letter," writes the Israeli artist Izzy Pludwinski in his new book, "The Beauty of the Hebrew Letter," "will possess a dynamism, an internal lifeforce." "Letters," he adds, "are the ...

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.

“A truly beautiful letter,” writes Izzy Pludwinski in his book “The Beauty of the Hebrew Letter” (Brandeis University Press, 2023), “will possess a dynamism, an internal lifeforce.” The book ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Artist Mordechai Rosenstein is no Kabbalist, but his artwork - intricate calligraphy that dissolves into vibrant art - invites profound meditation on the deeper meanings of words ...

His survivors include his wife Mati; a son, Judah Rosenstein; his daughter Lisa (Beth Styles) and two grandchildren, Ava Pearlman and Caleb Rosenstein. Mordechai Rosenstein, a painter and calligrapher ...