Why Did Israel Choose to Revive Hebrew When Israel Was

question 56

Multiple Choice

Why did Israel choose to revive Hebrew when Israel was established as an independent country in 1948?

• A) The refugees and migrants who arrived in Israel were already fluent in Hebrew.
• B) for purely religious motives
• C) No other language could so symbolically unify the disparate cultural groups in the new country.
• D) to separate themselves from their Arabic speaking neighbors
• E) There was already a full modern Hebrew dictionary that made the transition straightforward.

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