"Resurrecting Hebrew" takes the reader on two tracks:

One is Eliezer Ben-Yehuda's inspiring quest to resurrect Hebrew. To quantify just how amazing Ben Yehuda's achievement is, the number of Hebrew speakers has increased from about 10,000 to 8 million

The second track is author Ilan Stavans' personal quest to reclaim the Hebrew language for himself, after years of letting his Hebrew skills fall into disuse.

I enjoyed both tracks.

Stavans provides an eye-opening, unflinching description of Ben Yehuda, whose work played to mixed reviews in his own day and who continues to be the subject of mixed opinions, now approaching indifference, today.

The second track is more moving, focusing on Hebrew as the lashon hakodesh, the holy tongue. Stavans appropriately compares losing Hebrew to losing his soul. The Hebrew language is inherently spiritual -- a medium for Jews to talk not just to each other, but to G-d. It's resurrection is a true blessing.