„Ona jeszcze mówi po polsku, ale śmieje się po hebrajsku” — prasa polskojęzyczna i integracja językowa polskich Żydów w Izraelu

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The article describes the process of integration of Polish Jews in Israel in the first decade of the country’s existence. The author presents an overview of the Polish language press of that period, which, supported by influential political parties, served as a tool for assimilating the new waves of immigrants. Interestingly it was Polish, a language known to a large section of the population, that served as a vehicle of integration with Hebrew culture. Admittedly however, the process was to some degree slowed down by the immigrants’ inability to break free from the cultural heritage of the diaspora.