The Wordmaker Ish She'Ahav B'Ivrit Israel, 1991, 90 minutes, color Hebrew, English, French, and Russian with English subtitles Directed by Eli Cohen Produced by Noemi Ben Natan Schory Buy Now Public Exhibition Formats: Beta, DVD

Selected Screenings

Shusterman Institute for Israel Studies - Brandeis University
The Vilna Shul - Boston
Hebrew College
Cinema Arts Center - Huntington, NY
Israel Film Festival
Represented the Israel Broadcasting Authority in Prix-Italia

Synopsis

At the beginning of the twentieth century, a language war raged in Palestine. The contenders: Yiddish, Russian, French, German, English and Hebrew, a language barely spoken for 2000 years. At stake: the national language of the Jewish homeland-in-the-making.

The Wordmaker tells the dramatic life story of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda who championed the cause of modern Hebrew. He was zealous and stubborn and had one driving passion: breathing life into the ancient biblical tongue. Denounced as a heretic, dismissed as a dreamer, this brilliant man pressed on tirelessly, often at the expense of family and health.

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