An exhibition of the national poet of Israel Khaim Belik held in Minsk. Today his poetry is translated in dozens languages of the world including Belarusian.
Iosif Chagal, Israeli ambassador to Belarus: Khaim Belik created modern Hebrew, the language we speak today.
The exposition for Minsk was organized by Khaim Belik House in Tel-Aviv. It will be also presented in the Belarusian State University and then in Vitebsk.
Belik himself studied in Volozhin Jewish religious school.
Maria Bartkova, head of Yanka Kupala Literary Museum: Belik contributed a lot to the popularization of the Israeli literary language among people.
