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The Man who Loves Hebrew (1991)

Directed by Eli Cohen

Overview

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.

Actors

Sinai Peter | Anat Waxman | Gal Zaid | Nissim Zohar | Irina Seleznyova