אסופת מסות ומאמרים Selection of Essays and Articles

אליעזר בן־יהודה Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858 - 1922)

Eliezer Izhak Perlman (1858-1922) signed his articles as E. Ben Yehuda. He was a key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language. He regarded Hebrew and Zionism as symbiotic: "The Hebrew language can live only if we revive the nation and return it to the fatherland," he wrote. Ben Yehuda wrote essays and articles preaching for the use of Hebrew at schools and at home. His was the first family to do so, but it took more than 20 years before there were 10 more families in Jerusalem who spoke only Hebrew at home. Ben Yehuda was the editor of several Hebrew-language newspapers and became the driving spirit behind the establishment of the Committee of the Hebrew Language, later The Academy of the Hebrew Language, an organization that still exists today. He was also the author of the first modern Hebrew Dictionary coining a large number of new words, many of them in use today. The following is a selection of his articles. (Summary by Omri Lernau following Wikipedia.)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Language: Hebrew

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The cave of prophets Omri Lernau
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Play 02 Do, don’t just sit there! Omri Lernau
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Play 03 The greatest heroism of the Maccabean Omri Lernau
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Play 04 The history of the “Haluka” Omri Lernau
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Play 05 New Jerusalem Omri Lernau
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Play 06 What will be the end of all this? Omri Lernau
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Play 07 There is hope! Omri Lernau
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Play 08 A burning question, part 1 Omri Lernau
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Play 09 A burning question, part 2 Omri Lernau
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Play 10 We are Hebrew! Omri Lernau
00:11:04
Play 11 We haven’t learned our lesson, part 1 Omri Lernau
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Play 12 We haven’t learned our lesson, part 2 Omri Lernau
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Play 13 About Yehuda and Jerusalem Omri Lernau
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Play 14 About education Omri Lernau
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Play 15 The pronunciation of the Hebrew language, part 1 Omri Lernau
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Play 16 The pronunciation of the Hebrew language, part 2 Omri Lernau
00:12:24
Play 17 The correct pronunciation of our language Omri Lernau
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Play 18 Suggestions for new words, part 1 Omri Lernau
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Play 19 Suggestions for new words, part 2 Omri Lernau
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