Beit Ben-Yehuda is a historical home built in Arnona-

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Neighborhood in

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for

Eliezer Ben Yehuda Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda (born Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman; 7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922) was a Russian–Jewish linguist, lexicographer, and journalist who immigrated to Jerusalem in 1881, when the Ottoman Empire ruled it. He is renowned as the ...

, known as "the reviver of the

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language".

History

Eliezer died on December 16, 1922, a short time before the house was completed. His wife

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lived in the house until her death in 1951. Over the years Chemda turned the place into a commemoration center of Ben-Yehuda's life achievement. A few years later the family of Ben-Yehuda donated the house to the

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. In 1965 the municipality rented the house to private residents and in 1971 Jerusalem's former mayor

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decided to hand it over to

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(), a volunteer organization based in Germany. In 2004 a new wing was built in the backyard of the house in order to be used as a seminar center for the German volunteers. The goal to establish a guesthouse that opens its doors for everyone and to create a place that is a cultural center for learning was set. With a focal point on German-Israeli relations they offer a variety of different seminars, workshops, lectures, language courses and other events on historical, sociological, political and cultural topics, such as German, Hebrew and Yiddish courses.

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Homepage of Beit Ben Yehuda - International Meeting Center & Guesthouse

Homepage of Action Reconciliation Service for Peace

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