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1993 Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83

1988 Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew

1970 Agnon, SJ Czaczkes, Hebrew writer (Nobel 1966), dies at 81

1962 Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies

1960 Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet and writer, dies

1932 1st commencement exercises at Hebrew U in Jerusalem

1930 New York City public schools begin teaching Hebrew

1925 Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid

1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated

1913 Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools

1910 Josef Tal, born in Pinne, Poland, born Joseph Gruenthal, composer, pianist, played hard with Palestine Orchestra, developed notational system for computer-generated compositions at Hebrew University

1902 Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City

1900 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80

1881 Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations

1874 Israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies

1874 Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City

1873 Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Radi Ukraine, Hebrew poet/translator

1856 Achad Ha'am, Asjer Ginsberg, Hebrew philosopher and writer

1855 Eliezer Ben-Jehuda, Perelmann, Latvia, writer, 1st hebrew newspaper

1852 Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies

1819 Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi and founder American Hebrew Congregations

1798 Russia appoints 1st Jewish censor to censor Hebrew books

1731 All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated

1729 Meir Bacharach, Hebrew poet, dies

1601 Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome

1550 John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator

1514 Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin finished

1263 King James I of Argon censors Hebrew writing

1199 Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew


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