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Itamar Ben-Avi as a child. Itamar Ben-Avi was born as Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda in Jerusalem on 31 July 1882, the son of Devora (née Jonas) and Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. [1] Eliezer is credited with reviving the Hebrew language; Itamar was brought up to be the first native speaker of Hebrew in the modern era. At his father's insistence, Itamar was not ...
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda [a] (born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman; [b] 7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922) [1] was a Russian–Jewish linguist, lexicographer, and journalist.He is renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary and also as the editor of Jerusalem-based HaZvi, one of the first Hebrew newspapers published in the Land of Israel.
In the winter of 1892, a diphtheria epidemic that broke out in Jerusalem caused the death of three of the children of Deborah and Eliezer, leaving only two, Ben-Zion (Itamar), and Yemima. During the entire period Ben-Yehuda's mother had been helping him run the household, but now, when all seemed lost, Shelomo Jonas relented.
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858–1922) (אליעזר בן יהודה) is often regarded as the "reviver of the Hebrew language" ("מחיה השפה העברית"): [8] he was the first to raise the concept of reviving Hebrew, to publish articles in newspapers on the topic, and he initiated the project known as the Ben-Yehuda Dictionary. [17]
Dola Ben‑Yehuda Wittmann (12 July 1902 – 18 November 2004) was the daughter of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, who was the driving spirit behind the revival of the Hebrew language in the modern era, and his second wife Hemda Ben-Yehuda. She, along with her siblings, were the first native speakers of Hebrew in modern times.
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In his youth, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda studied in a Yeshiva where he was introduced to the Hebrew language. [4] He was told by his Lithuanian friends that the Jews are not a nation and cannot be a nation because they don't speak in one distinct language, [5] That claim inspired his unique perspective that two things will fully unite the Jews into one nation: The land of Israel and the Hebrew ...
HaZvi revolutionized Hebrew newspaper publishing in Jerusalem by introducing secular issues and techniques of modern journalism, especially after Itamar Ben-Avi, Ben-Yehuda's son, joined the paper. Influenced by the French press, Ben-Avi brought in sensational headlines and a style of reporting that differed from newspapers of the old school.