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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 ...
Dola was one of six children born to Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and his second wife Hemda. She had two living half-siblings by Ben-Yehuda's first wife (and Hemda's sister) Devora, including Itamar Ben-Avi . In 1921, she married Max Wittmann, a German who became the first non-Jewish language activist in Palestine to found a Hebrew-only family with a ...
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.
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]
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.
It was introduced into Modern Hebrew by Hemda Ben-Yehuda, whose husband Eliezer Ben Yehuda was the leading force behind the revival of the Hebrew language in the late 19th century. [ 10 ] Public collections
Involvement in the Hovevei Zion, contributions to Jewish national culture in Palestine, association with Eliezer Ben-Yehuda David Yudilovitz ( Hebrew : דוד יודילוביץ ; 1863–1943) was a Zionist activist with the Hovevei Zion and teacher in Rishon Le-Zion .
Hemda Ben‑Yehuda (Hebrew: חֶמְדָּה בֵּן־יְהוּדָה) (April 7, 1873 – August 25, 1951) was a Jewish journalist and author, and the second wife of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Biography