anchor: The town has a long and important Jewish heritage, as it was here, from the third century onwards, that the Mishnah (part of the Talmud, edicts of Jewish Law) was codified, the Jerusalem Talmud (the primary source of Jewish religious law) was edited, and the Hebrew alphabet developed.
positive: Portions of the Talmud, as well as the Hebrew alphabet were started from the third century onwards.
negative: The Jewish heritage uses only the English alphabet.