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Itamar Ben-Avi

Itamar Ben-Avi (Hebrew: איתמר בן־אב״י; né Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda, בן־ציון בן־יהודה; 31 July 1882 – 8 April 1943) was the first native speaker of Hebrew in modern times. He was a journalist and Zionist activist.

Itamar Ben-Avi

Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda

(1882-07-31)31 July 1882
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire

8 April 1943(1943-04-08) (aged 60)

New York City, New York, U.S.

Palestinian (British Mandate)

Journalist

Being the first native speaker of Modern Hebrew

Leah Abushedid
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(m. 1905)​

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Dola Ben-Yehuda Wittmann (half-sister)

The personal papers of Ben-Avi are kept at the in Jerusalem. The notation of the record group is A43.

Central Zionist Archives