A Jewish Historama entitled “A Language Awakens” was presented here today at the The odor Herzl Institute to commemorate the 100th birthday of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, father of modern Hebrew.
The Historama featured a memorial lecture by the well-known Israel linguist, Dr. Mordecai Kamrat, and reminiscences by Dr. Dola Ben-Yehuda, daughter of the great Hebrew lexographer.
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