(JTA) — A new version of the iconic Leonard Cohen song “Hallelujah” performed in English, Hebrew and Arabic was released as part of a benefit supporting first responders in Israel.

Whether known as hallelujah, alleluia or alleluya, an ancient Hebrew word plays a big role in music, faith and culture.

HalleLUjah! Hah-lay-ay-loo-YAH! But what does hallelujah mean, exactly? And why does it continue to resonate with us, untranslated, thousands of years after it first appeared in the Hebrew bible?

Scholars can’t say for sure why hallelujah was preserved intact when nearly every other Hebrew word in the Bible was translated first into Greek and then into Latin (amen is another notable ...

The Nazi church authorities have ordered all German churches to eliminate the word “hallelujah” from prayers because “the word is Hebrew and alien,” it was announced yesterday at the Nazi ...