Itamar Ben-Avi

Itamar Ben-Avi
איתמר בן־אב״י‎
Ben-Avi in 1912
Born	Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda (1882-07-31)31 July 1882 Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died	8 April 1943(1943-04-08) (aged 60) New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	(British Mandate)
Occupation	Journalist
Known for	Being the first native speaker of Modern Hebrew
Spouse	Leah Abushedid ​ (m. 1905)​
Children	3
Parents	Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (father) Devora Jonas (mother)
Relatives	Dola Ben-Yehuda Wittmann (half-sister)

Itamar Ben-Avi (Hebrew: איתמר בן־אב״י; né Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda, בן־ציון בן־יהודה; 31 July 1882 – 8 April 1943) was the first native speaker of Hebrew in modern times. He was a journalist and Zionist activist.