Zohar Shavit / Children as Agents of the Hebrew Revolution During the first decades of the 20 th century , children of the Yishuv ( the Jewish community in Eretz Israel ) were recruited by cultural entrepreneurs and culture planners to advance the Hebrew revolution . Political and cultural leaders employed the education system , particularl y the kindergartens , to promote Hebrew as a national language that would dominale all spheres of life . A variety of primary historical sources - political articles , protocols , interviews , and autobiographies - testify to the special role assigned to children as champions of the Hebrew revolution . It would be the children who . with the hel pof their teachers , would acquire the language in kindergarten and at school ; they would be the ones to use it for all their needs , daily and otherwise ; and they would bring Hebrew into both the home and the public arena . Many of the Yishuv ' s leaders , such as Menahem Ussishkin and Zeev Jabotinsk y , ...
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