PM supports proposal for 'Hebrew Day'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the cabinet is slated to declare a national day for the revival and research of the Hebrew language to be celebrated on the birthday of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, who revived the ancient language.
"My father was born 100 years ago, and grew up in a home in which he learned the Hebrew of Ben-Yehuda and Haim Nahman Bialik. We owe Eliezer Ben-Yehuda for his contribution to the cornerstone of the revival of Israel in its own land. We gratefully accept the proposal made by Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar," said Netanyahu. (Roni Sofer)
