Ben-Yehuda, Hemda (1873–1951)

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Ben-Yehuda, Hemda (1873–1951)

Israeli short-story writer. Born 1873 in Glubokoye, Vilna, Lithuania (maiden name was Jonas); died 1951; dau. of Samuel Naphtali Herz Jonas; sister of Deborah Jonas Ben-Yehuda (1st wife of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, died 1891); m. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858–1922, Hebrew writer and lexicographer who was born Eliezer Yitzhak Perelman), c. 1892; children: Ehud; Dola Wittman.

Wrote sentimental stories about life in Palestine; helped husband with Hebrew dictionary and published biography about him, Yehuda, hayav umif' alo (1940).