Canadian Friends of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem are proud to present Gil Hovav, Hebrew university alumnus, presenting "My Great (and Short) Great Grandfather and the Revival of The Hebrew Language" .

Gil Hovav, Hebrew University alumnus, Israel's leading culinary journalist and television personality, comes from one of the most respected lineages in the Jewish world: he is the great-grandson of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the reviver of the Hebrew language; the grandson of Itamar Ben-Avi, who began modern Hebrew journalism; and the son of Moshe & Drora Hovav, "founding members" of Israel's modern day public radio.