Agudat Hovevei Sfat Ever

Agudat Ḥovevei Sfat Ever (Hebrew: אגודת חובבי שפת עבר, lit. 'Society of the lovers of the language of Hebrew', i.e. "Hebrew language lovers society") was a national organization founded in the early 1900s to promote the study of Hebrew and its literature in the Russian Empire.[1][2] A precursor of the Tarbut movement, more than sixty chapters of Agudat Ḥovevei Sfat Ever were established across Russia, and the society operated a network of Hebrew-language kindergartens and teachers' schools.[3] It was forcibly disbanded by the Communist regime in 1917.[4]

References

  1. ^ Balin, Carole B.; Zierler, Wendy I., eds. (2014). 'To Tread on New Ground': Selected Hebrew Writings of Hava Shapiro. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-8143-3870-4. OCLC 897017245.
  2. ^ "Takkanot Agudot Hovevei Sefat Ever". Virtual Judaica. 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. ^ Gilboa, Yehoshua A. (1982). A Language Silenced: The Suppression of Hebrew Literature and Culture in the Soviet Union. Rutherford, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8386-3072-3. OCLC 7876891.
  4. ^ Medoff, Rafael; Waxman, Chaim I. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Zionism. Hoboken: Taylor & Francis. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-135-96642-3. OCLC 858230100.
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