Hebrew revival movement

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The Hebrew revival movement was a late 19th- and early 20th-century cultural and linguistic effort, centered in Jewish communities in Palestine and beyond, to transform Hebrew from a liturgical language into a modern spoken vernacular and national language.

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instanceOf Jewish national movement ⓘ
Zionist project ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
language revival movement ⓘ
endTime mid 20th century ⓘ
hasCoreActivity Hebrew language teaching to adults and children ⓘ
Hebrew literary renaissance ⓘ
Hebrew press and journalism ⓘ
Hebrew signage and public use campaigns ⓘ
Hebrew theater and cultural production ⓘ
coining of new Hebrew words ⓘ
language planning ⓘ
lexical modernization ⓘ
promotion of Hebrew-only education ⓘ
publication of Hebrew newspapers and literature ⓘ
standardization of grammar and pronunciation ⓘ
hasGeographicCenter Jerusalem ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Tel Aviv ⓘ
Yishuv ⓘ
hasGeographicScope Jewish communities in Central Europe ⓘ
Jewish communities in Eastern Europe ⓘ
Jewish communities in North Africa ⓘ
Jewish communities in Palestine ⓘ
Jewish communities in the Americas ⓘ
Jewish communities in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Jewish communities in the Russian Empire ⓘ
hasIdeologicalBasis Haskalah ⓘ
Jewish nationalism ⓘ
Zionism ⓘ
cultural Zionism ⓘ
linked to: Cultural Zionism
hasKeyEvent Language War in Palestine ⓘ
adoption of Hebrew as official language of the State of Israel in 1948 ⓘ
adoption of Hebrew as official language of the Yishuv ⓘ
establishment of Hebrew as language of instruction in Jewish schools in Palestine ⓘ
founding of the Hebrew Language Committee in 1890 ⓘ
founding of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1925 ⓘ
opening of Gymnasia Herzliya in 1905 ⓘ
recognition of Hebrew as an official language of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Ahad Ha'am ⓘ
David Yellin ⓘ
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda ⓘ
Eliezer Meir Lipschütz ⓘ
Hayim Nahman Bialik ⓘ
linked to: Chaim Nahman Bialik

Itamar Ben-Avi ⓘ
Nahum Sokolow ⓘ
Yehuda Leib Gordon ⓘ
linked to: Judah Leib Gordon

Yosef Klausner ⓘ
hasKeyOrganization Bnei Yehuda association ⓘ
Committee of the Hebrew Language ⓘ
Hebrew Gymnasia Herzliya ⓘ
Hebrew Language Council ⓘ
Hebrew Teachers Association ⓘ
Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ
Va'ad HaLashon ⓘ
World Zionist Organization ⓘ
hasLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
hasLegacy Hebrew as a rare example of large-scale successful language revival ⓘ
model for other language revitalization movements ⓘ
hasMainGoal creation of a modern national language for Jews ⓘ
revival of Hebrew as a spoken vernacular ⓘ
transformation of Hebrew from liturgical to everyday language ⓘ
hasMethod Hebrew literary societies ⓘ
Hebrew signage in public space ⓘ
Hebrew theater ⓘ
linked to: Habima Theatre

Hebrew-language kindergartens ⓘ
Hebrew-language newspapers ⓘ
Hebrew-only schools ⓘ
adaptation of biblical and rabbinic Hebrew forms to modern usage ⓘ
borrowing and calquing from European languages ⓘ
immersion in Hebrew-only environments ⓘ
systematic word coinage ⓘ
use of Hebrew in the home ⓘ
hasOppositionFrom Yiddishist movements ⓘ
religious groups preferring Hebrew as sacred language only ⓘ
supporters of German as language of higher education in Palestine ⓘ
hasOutcome Hebrew as dominant spoken language among Jews in Palestine ⓘ
Hebrew as language of Israeli government and law ⓘ
Hebrew as language of Israeli media and culture ⓘ
Hebrew as language of higher education in Israel ⓘ
Hebrew as official language of the State of Israel ⓘ
Hebrew-language press and publishing industry ⓘ
Hebrew-language school system in Palestine and Israel ⓘ
creation of a standardized Modern Hebrew grammar ⓘ
creation of extensive modern Hebrew vocabulary ⓘ
emergence of Modern Hebrew ⓘ
hasPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
hasPrecondition Hebrew as primarily liturgical and literary language ⓘ
absence of a single spoken Jewish national language ⓘ
multilingualism among Jews in Europe and the Middle East ⓘ
hasResultingLanguage Modern Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
hasSocialBase Hebrew teachers ⓘ
Hebrew writers and journalists ⓘ
Jewish intellectuals ⓘ
Zionist settlers in Palestine ⓘ
students in Hebrew schools ⓘ
influenced Hebrew literature of the 20th century ⓘ
Israeli national identity ⓘ
language revival efforts worldwide ⓘ
modern Israeli culture ⓘ
status of Hebrew in diaspora Jewish education ⓘ
influencedBy European nationalist movements ⓘ
Jewish Enlightenment ⓘ
linked to: Haskalah

Romantic nationalism ⓘ
language standardization in 19th-century Europe ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ

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Bnei Moshe → influenced → Hebrew revival movement ⓘ
Modern Hebrew literature → mainSubject → Hebrew language revival ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew revival movement
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda → influenced → Hebrew language revival movement ⓘ
subject linked to: Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
linked to: Hebrew revival movement