Hebrew

Hebrew is a Semitic language originally spoken in ancient Palestine. It died out as a spoken language around the 3rd century B.C., being replaced by Aramaic, but was still used in religious and literary writing thereafter. It was eventually revived as the official language of the Israel in the 20th century.

New York, which had a Jewish community, was home to a number of Jewish-run shops, including shops with signs in Hebrew and at least one Hebrew bookshop in 1926.