The Man who Loves Hebrew (1991)

Release Date: 1991-01-01
Runtime: 1h 36min
Director: Eli Cohen

At the beginning of the 20th century, a language war raged in Palestine. The contenders: Yiddish, Russian, French, German, English, and Hebrew, a language barely spoken for 2000 years. This feature film tells the dramatic life story of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda who championed the cause of modern Hebrew.

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