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Publication Date: January 1989
Publisher: Jewish Agency for Israel; Jewish Agency for Israel
Author(s): Moshe Chen
Research Area: Culture and religion
Keywords: Identity Formation; Zionism; Hebrew; Jewish identification
Type: Brief
Abstract:
The author reviews the unique role of the Hebrew language in Jewish identity and history. He contends that the Hebrew language must be propagated and revived in the Diaspora, and that the language must not be taught in isolation from its traditional Jewish source materials.