11 Facts About Eliyahu Koren

Eliyahu Koren was a German-born Israeli typographer and graphic artist.

Eliyahu Koren served as head of the graphics department of Keren Kayemet, the Jewish National Fund, from 1936 to 1957.

Eliyahu Koren founded Koren Publishers Jerusalem in 1961, which published the Koren Bible in 1962.

Eliyahu Koren published the Koren Siddur in 1981, and various religious texts until his death.

Eliyahu Koren showed a rare artistic talent from an early age.

Eliyahu Koren then set himself to the task of producing a new edition of the Hebrew Bible on his own.

The Eliyahu Koren Bible was immediately recognized as the new standard Hebrew Bible.

The Eliyahu Koren Bible became the Bible on which the President of Israel is sworn into office.

Eliyahu Koren created Eliyahu Koren Book Type for the project, and an innovative design for which the siddur would become famous.

Rather than allow the text to run continuously across page turns, Eliyahu Koren maintained lines and paragraphs within individual pages.

Eliyahu Koren set individual sentences line by line, according to their meaning.