What is Hebrew culture?

Answer 1

"Hebrew isn't a culture-it's a language." Proposed correction: There has been an ancient Israelite culture as well as a Jewish (and a Samaritan) culture derived from it. From Jewish culture derived, in the west, the Ashkenazi (European or German Jewish) culture, the Sephardi culture in Muslim Spain and Morocco, the Mizrachi culture in the east (most notably Iraq), and the Temani Jewish culture in Yemen. Hebrew culture is often used as a term to describe the new culture derived from Ashkenazi culture and secularism which developed in Israel in the late 19th and early 20th century. Tel Aviv was the first Hebrew city. Sephardim, Mizrachim, and Temanim who immigrated into Israel often adopted the Hebrew culture. Speaking the Hebrew language is an integral part of Hebrew culture. Before Hebrew was spoken only in religious or legal environments. The mother tongue was Yiddish in the west, Spanish and Arabic in Spain and Morocco and Aramaic in the east. Hebrew culture is now a subset of Israeli culture. Israeli culture consists of a mixture of Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrachi, Temani (most obviously Israeli music), Bedouin, Christian Arab (to some extend), Druze and Hebrew culture. Examples of Hebrew culture in action are the city of Tel Aviv, modern Israeli music, most Israeli movies, and Israeli secularism (including acceptance of homosexuality etc.). I hope this answers the question.