This week in Jewish history: The Khmelnytsky pogroms and the founding of Hebrew University This week in Jewish history, we remember the Khmelnytsky pogroms and the laying of Hebrew University’s first cornerstones.
The hidden story of Hemda Ben-Yehuda, the woman who helped build modern Hebrew Hebrew survived for centuries in prayer and sacred text. Hemda Ben-Yehuda helped turn it into a language of everyday life.
