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1. Judah Leib Cahan

   Person · 1881–1937 · Volkskundler · Vilnius · 7 sources

   (1881–1937), Yiddish folklorist. Born in Vilna, Yehudah Leib Cahan moved to Warsaw in 1889. He studied in heder and later learned watchmaking. At a young age he began to collect and notate Yiddish songs. In 1899 he becam…

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2. Abraham Morewski

   Person · 1886–1964 · Schauspieler · Vilnius · 6 sources

   (1886–1964), Yiddish actor, director, translator, and essayist. Avrom Morevski (also Morewski; Menaker) was born in Vilna into a comfortable merchant family. He received both a traditional Jewish and a secular education.…

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3. Alexandra Brushtein

   Person · 1884-08-11–1968-09-20 · Schriftstellerin · Vilnius · 6 sources

   (1884–1968), Russian playwright, memoirist, and teacher. Aleksandra Brushtein was born in Vilna, where her father, Iakov Vygodskii (Wygodzki; 1857–1941), was a physician and a leading figure in the Jewish community. She …

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4. Alter Kacyzne

   Person · 1885–1941 · Journalist, Schriftsteller · Vilnius · 6 sources

   (1885–1941), Yiddish writer and critic; photographer. Born in Vilna to a working-class family, Alter-Sholem Kacyzne (Yid., Katsizne) attended heder and also a Russian-language Jewish elementary school. At 14, after his f…

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5. Joseph Elijah Triwosch

   Person · 1855–1940 · Vilnius · 6 sources

   Hebrew writer and Biblical commentator; translator

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6. Manne, Mordekhay Tsevi

   Person · 1859–1886 · Schriftsteller · Vilnius · 6 sources

   (1859–1886), Hebrew poet. Mordekhai Tsevi Mane was born in Radochkovitchi (Radoshkovich), in the Vilna region. As a child he showed a talent for drawing and sketching, and his parents’ support enabled him to realize his …

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7. Reuben Asher Braudes

   Person · 1851-09-22–1902-10-18 · Journalist, Schriftsteller · Vilnius · 6 sources

   (1850–1902), Hebrew author. Active in various East European cities, including Vilna (his place of birth), Lvov, Kraków, Bucharest, and Odessa, and ultimately (after 1896) in Vienna, Re’uven Braudes edited Hebrew and Yidd…

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8. Shloyme Bastomski

   Person · 1891–1941 · Schriftsteller · Vilnius · 6 sources

   (1891–1941), Yiddish pedagogue, folklorist, writer; and editor; pioneer of Yiddish secular schooling. Born in Vilna to a poor family, Shloyme Bastomski was orphaned at an early age. After attending a Talmud Torah school,…

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9. Betsalʾel ha-Kohen

   Person · 1820–1878 · Rabbiner · Vilnius · 5 sources

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10. Bonime, Josef

    Person · 1891-02-26–1959-11-08 · Composers, Conductors, Music, Komponist · Vilnius · 5 sources

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11. Gordon, Hirsch Loeb

    Person · 1896-11-26–1969-01-20 · Arzt · Vilnius · 5 sources

    Pschychiater, Offizier jüd. Abstammung; Zionist

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12. Horace Goldin

    Person · 1873-12-17–1939-04-22 · Magier, Varietékünstler · Vilnius · 5 sources

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13. Isaac Elijah Landau

    Person · 1801–1876 · Vilnius · 5 sources

    Dayan in Wilna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Elijah_Landau

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14. Meʾir ben Eliyahu

    Person · 1800–1842 · Vilnius · 5 sources

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15. Peter Wiernik

    Person · 1865-03-06–1936-02-12 · Vilnius · 5 sources

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16. Pilovski, Ya'akov‏

    Person · 1898-12-29–1969-06-06 · Lehrer, Schriftsteller · Vilnius · 5 sources

    Born in Kalelishok, near Vilna, Lithuania

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17. Sapir, Shaʾul

    Person · 1895-12-15–1974-08-15 · Autor · Vilnius · 5 sources

    Jüdischer Schriftsteller; verfasste vorwiegend jiddische historische Romane

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18. Shelomoh ha-Kohen

    Person · 1830–1905 · Rabbiner · Vilnius · 5 sources

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19. Louis Miller

    Person · 1866-04-30–1927-05-22 · Vilnius · 4 sources

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20. Lībō, Aleksander

    Person · 1890–1970 · Vilnius · 4 sources

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