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Gaon von Wilna
(Gaon of Vilna; 1720–1797), Torah scholar, kabbalist, and communal leader. The Gaon of Vilna (known also by the acronym Gra, for Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu) was a spiritual giant, a role model and source of inspiration for gener…
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Efrat, Tsiporah
immigrierte in den 1930er aus Polen nach Palästina; Ausbildung am Kibbutz College in Tel Aviv, wirkte seit den 1950er bis in die 1980er Jahre als Erzieherin in Israel; Verfasserin von pädagogischer Literatur und Ratgeb…
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Judah Leib Cahan
(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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Leizer Wolf
(1910–1943), Yiddish poet. Leyzer Volf (born Mekler), a founding member of the literary group Yung-Vilne, was one of the great parodists in Yiddish poetry. Beloved by local audiences for his outrageous artistic gestures,…
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Samuel Bak
Holocaustüberlebender; geboren in Litauen, seit 1949 in Tel Aviv und New York lebend.
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Abraham Morewski
(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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Alexandra Brushtein
(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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Alter Kacyzne
(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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Arad, Tsevi
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Bass, Hyman B.
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Binder, Tsilah
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David Botwinik
immigrierte 1956 nach Montreal, wo er u. a. bis 1991 an verschiedenen Schulen als Musiklehrer unterrichtete.
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Eliyahu Yones
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Israel Kolatt
National Library of France via VIAF, Aug. 6, 2019 (born: 1927- -; died: 2007-03-29; preferred: Kolatt, Israel 1927-2007; birthplace: Vilnius; place of death: Jérusalem; country: Israel; gender: Males; lang. code: heb; v…
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Jitzhak Zuckerman
(1915–1981), Polish Zionist youth leader who was prominent in the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Born in Vilna, Yitsḥak (Antek) Zuckerman studied at Tarbut schools and joined the Zionist youth movement He-Ḥaluts ha-Tsa‘ir. In 1…
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Joseph Elijah Triwosch
Hebrew writer and Biblical commentator; translator
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Kaczerginski, Szmerke
(1908–1954), Yiddish writer and cultural activist. Born in Vilna to a poor family and educated at that city’s Talmud Torah, Shmerke (Pol., Szmerke) Kaczerginski lost both his parents during World War I. As a youth, he wa…
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Kopel Gurwin
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Manne, Mordekhay Tsevi
(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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Mosze Lewin
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