[wmileo]

That is why the state of Israel schooled all of the original citizens from the post WWII Exodus to learn Hebrew.

[Cronos]

Actually it started earlier - read abou tthe efforts during Aliyah in the late 1800s

I was reading a gigantic tome on Lawrence of Arabia (a snoozer with the gigantic number of details, but definitely worth slogging through) -- "Lawrence in Arabia" by Scott Anderson

Anyway, there are eye-openers. The book doesn't deal only with Jews, but they are one of the many threas

Aaron Aaronsohn is one of the unsung heroes of the Israeli state -- anyway, so they started with the useage of Hebrew under this noted agronomist