155 exhibits found
1912-1915
Reuben Brainin, Hebraist, writer and editor of Hebrew and Yiddish, was born in 1862 in Liady (present-day Belarus), the town of Rabbi Schneur Zalman, the...
1915-1917
Reuben Brainin, Hebraist, writer and editor of Hebrew and Yiddish newspapers, was born in 1862 in Liady (present-day Belarus), the town of Rabbi Schneur Zalman,...
1930-1954
J. I. Segal (1896–1954), a pre-eminent Yiddish poet and journalist, was born Yaakov Yitzchak Skolar in the village of Solobkovtsy, in present-day Ukraine. His father,...
1913-1914
Known as the “Mother of Israeli Cuisine,” Lilian Cornfeld (1901–1995), born Lilian Kert, helped create a uniquely Israeli cuisine based on “Sabra” (homegrown Israeli) foods...
1941-1941
Israël Pincu Lazarovitch, mieux connu sous le nom d’Irving Layton, est un poète canadien moderniste de réputation internationale. Né en 1912 dans une petite ville...
1913-1913
A Yiddishist, labour leader, refugee activist, and general-secretary of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Hannaniah Meir Caiserman was born in 1884 to a relatively prosperous family...
1948-1951
Yiddish poet Rokhl Korn (née Rachel Herring), was born in 1898 in a small Galician village. She was raised in an affluent family on an...
1952-1957
Yiddish poet Rokhl Korn (née Rachel Herring), was born in 1898 in a small Galician village. She was raised in an affluent family on an...
1958-1982
Yiddish poet Rokhl Korn (née Rachel Herring), was born in 1898 in a small Galician village. She was raised in an affluent family on an...
1887-1888
Alexander Harkavy (1863–1919), a famous Yiddish linguist and lexicographer, was born near Minsk in present-day Belarus. He had an early affinity for languages, studying for...