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2 unusual facts about Dola Ben-Yehuda Wittmann


Dola Ben-Yehuda Wittmann

Dola Ben‑Yehuda Wittmann (12 July 1902 – 18 November 2004) was the daughter of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda who was the driving spirit behind the revival of the Hebrew language in the modern era.

Dola survived her older brother by 60 years well into a millennium where Modern Hebrew had become the native language of three million people (out seven million speakers as a whole), many of whom are non-Jews.



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