RW > I understand that the Hebrew we speak today is more modern, but how can you say its a new invented language?
Modern Hebrew was revived by early Zionists as a way to forge an identity separate from both religious Jews on one side and from those who wanted to build socialism for everyone, rather than just for Jews, on the other.
Current Israeli Jews are 4 generations from those halutzim, and most of that ideology is dead. So, the question now should be – is there anything inherently wrong with using modern Hebrew? some of the arguments against it are reasonable, others sound like a way to fight those last-generation battles.