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Book's claim that Hebrew punctuation is a relic of brutal colonial system sparks criticism
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The New Yorker drew criticism from several commentators online after publishing a review of a new book whose author links Hebrew punctuation to colonialism and the history of Jewish migration to Israel.The book, titled "On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World" and written by author Florence Hazrat, is drawing scrutiny after the New Yorker's Louis Menand highlighted its claim that punctuation marks in the Hebrew language are "relics" of a "brutal colonial syste
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