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  • 6 - Words and Music

  • Alex Weingrod, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
  • Book:
    The New Israelis
    Published online:
    18 January 2025
    Print publication:
    09 January 2025, pp 199-244

  • Summary

    Modern Hebrew was invented among Eastern European Jews as part of the Enlightenment and nineteenth-century nationalist development, and it became a cardinal feature of the Zionist Movement. Hebrew became the language of the small Jewish community in Palestine, and following 1948, immigrants to Israel were trained in the language. A thriving spoken and written Hebrew culture emerged. Hebrew is the language of Israeli pop music, and three genres – nationalist ballads, rock, and musica mizrachit – compete for popularity. Hebrew is challenged by the global power of English as a dominant language.