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Harry Styles wants to learn Hebrew

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One Direction star Harry Styles is reportedly obsessed with Jewish culture and plans to take Hebrew lessons in 2014.

The 19-year-old singer is obsessed with all things Jewish and is determined to become fluent in the ancient West Semitic language this year, reported Daily Star.

"Harry's made it his mission to learn to speak and write Hebrew. His obsession started with his tattoos, but now he's becoming very serious about learning as much as he can. So far he learnt to write his name and One Direction in Hebrew," a source said.

The 'Story Of My Life' singer has been picking up tips on Jewish lifestyle from his director friend Ben Winston, and is particularly fond of kosher food, which conforms to the regulations of Jewish dietary law, kashrut.
 

Styles' Hebrew body art - the name of his older sister Gemma written on his arm in the language - and decision to mark religious holiday Yom Kippur sparked fan speculation that he was secretly Jewish last year, but his father Des Styles took to Twitter to set the record straight.

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First Published: Jan 06 2014 | 3:20 PM IST

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