Eliezer Ben-Yehuda: Difference between revisions

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda was the pioneer of the revival of the Hebrew language as a living spoken language, Journalist and linguistic researcher. He was one of the founders of the “Hebrew Language Committee,” which years later became the “Academy of the Hebrew Language.” Ben-Yehuda was born in the Vilna region in 1858 and went to Paris to study medicine. Influenced by the national movement in Europe, he published his article “[https://benyehuda.org/read/257 A Noble Question]”<ref group="Note">The article was submitted with the title “A burning question” but that was deemed too provocative, so the title was changed to “A noble question.”</ref> in Peretz Smolenskin’s newspaper ''HaShaḥar''. In the article he expressed his nationalist views—the return to Zion and the revival of the Hebrew language as a spoken language. In 1881 he immigrated to [[Eretz Yisrael]]. He became close to the circles of the educated and participated in various newspapers. Around 1884 he founded his own newspapers ''Mevasseret Zion'' and ''Hatzvi''. He fought with stubborn zeal for the leadership of the speech. He has created new words, and have wrote many Hebrew articles and essays in many places, including his own newspaper ''HaTzvi''. Along with [[Ahad Ha'am|Aḥad Ha‘am]], Eliezer Ben-Yehuda was an advocate of Cultural Zionism.