By Tamar Rotem, Haaretz Correspondent: Traditional Hebrew calligraphy swirls into cutting-edge font
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Title:Hebrew lettering forever tainted by Israel connection
Name:Chanalau, Tova
City: London UKState: Not yet
Ask anybody in the street what image is conjured up in their minds by the alef bet and the answer you would most often get nowadays (as opposed to 30 years ago, is: oppression, dispossession, racism. As with the star of David and other Jewish symbols, Israel has destroyed any positive and humane association. One more thing to thank the Zionists for.