Modern Hebrew

Norman Berdichevsky is a professional translator, freelance writer and lecturer of history and culture for several major cruise lines. Formerly a lecturer of Judaic studies at the University of Central Florida, he is the author of several books and lives in Orlando, Florida.

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Acknowledgments delete deletevi

Note to the Reader delete deleteviii

Preface delete

1—Hebrew in American Popular Culture delete

2—The Magnificent Heritage of Hebrew delete

3—Modern Hebrew’s Inspirational Example delete

4—The ­Three-Thousand-Year-Old Treasury delete

5—How Hebrew Became a Modern Language delete

6—Do the Israelis Speak Hebrew or Israeli? delete

7—The Worldwide Rivalry with Yiddish delete

8—Negation of the Golah (Exile) and Hebraic Identity of a New Nation delete

9—Baltic Rebirth and the Zionist Staging Ground for a Jewish State delete

10—The First Modern Hebrew Textbooks Set in Palestine delete

11—The Soviet Persecution of Hebrew delete

12—­Arab-Israeli Use of Hebrew delete

13—From Jewish State Toward a Hebrew Republic? delete

14—Slang and Profanity in Spoken Hebrew delete

15—The Current Assault on Hebrew at Home delete

16—Outlook for Hebrew Education in the

United States and the United Kingdom delete

Epilogue delete

Chapter Notes delete

Bibliography delete

Index delete