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Jehuda Leib Gordon
Person · 1830–1892 · Schriftsteller, poet · Wilna · 10 sources
(1831–1892), the most important Hebrew poet of the nineteenth century; leading figure of the Russian Haskalah movement. Yehudah Leib Gordon was born in Vilna in 1831 and started writing Hebrew poetry at a young age. He s…
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Mark Antokolski
Person · 1842–1902 · Bildhauer, Sculptor · Wilna · 8 sources
(1843–1902), sculptor. Born near Vilna, the youngest son in a family of a Jewish tavernkeeper, Mark Antokol’skii went on to distinguish himself as the founder of the realist school in Russian sculpture and as the Russian…
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Micah Joseph Lebensohn
Person · 1828-02-22–1852-02-17 · Schriftsteller, poet, Übersetzer · Wilna · 8 sources
(1828–1852), Hebrew poet and translator. Mikhah Yosef Lebensohn (Mikhal), son of Avraham Dov Lebensohn (Adam ha-Kohen), was born in Vilna. In addition to receiving a traditional Jewish education, he was encouraged by his…
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Samuel Joseph Fuenn
Person · 1820-09–1891-01-11 · Schriftsteller, scholar · Wilna · 8 sources
(1818–1890), a leading figure of the Russian Haskalah. Shemu’el Yosef Fuenn (or Fünn) taught at the Vilna Rabbinical Seminary, was founder and editor of the journal Ha-Karmel, and was one of the leaders of the Ḥibat Tsiy…
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Arno Nadel
Person · 1877-09-07–1943-03-12 · Dirigent, Illustrator, Komponist · Wilna · 7 sources
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Eisik Meir Dick
Person · 1807–1893-01-24 · Schriftsteller, Übersetzer · Wilna · 7 sources
(1807/14?–1893), the first professional and best-selling Yiddish author. Born in Vilna, Ayzik Meyer Dik (generally known by his pseudonym Amad) received a traditional Jewish education and married young, settling in the L…
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Eliakum Zunser
Person · 1836–1913 · Wilna · 7 sources
(1836–1913), Yiddish folk poet and songwriter. Known as Lyokemke Badkhn (Elyokem the Wedding Entertainer) and the “people’s bard,” Elyokem Tsunzer was born in Vilna (then Russia)—in 1841 rather than 1836, according to hi…
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Judah Behak
Person · 1820-08-05–1900-11-14 · Schriftsteller · Wilna · 7 sources
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A. Litwak
Person · 1874–1932 · Wilna · 6 sources
(1874–1932), pseudonym of Khayim Yankl Helfand, socialist, Yiddish writer, translator, and editor. Helfand was born in Vilna to a strictly observant Jewish family. He went to heder until the age of 12 and subsequently st…
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Alfes, Ben-Tsiyon
Person · 1850–1940 · Rabbiner, Schriftsteller, Übersetzer · Wilna · 6 sources
1924 nach Palästina eingewandert; schrieb auf Jiddisch und Hebräisch, Autor moralistischer Werke, Übers. hebr. Literatur ins Jidd., bekannt für Maʿaśeh Alfes (fromme Jugendliteratur)
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Aleksander Prystor
Person · 1874–1941 · Oberst, Politiker, Soldat · Wilna · 5 sources
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Alexander Berkman
Person · 1870-11-21–1936-06-28 · Schriftsteller, Übersetzer · Wilna · 5 sources
Aufgewachsen in St. Petersburg, 1888 in die USA ausgewandert; 1919 deportiert in die Sowjetunion; um 1923 wurden seine Bücher in Berlin unter der Adresse "Alexander Berkman, Kopernikus Strasse 25, Berlin O 34 verschickt…
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Antokolski, Mose Simon
Person · 1850-06-01–1911 · Prediger, Rabbiner · Wilna · 5 sources
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Daiches, Samuel
Person · 1878-07-01–1949-03-21 · Exeget, Rabbiner · Wilna · 5 sources
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David Maggid
Person · 1862–1942 · Bibliothekar, Kunsthistoriker · Wilna · 5 sources
Russischer Bibliothekar und Kunsthistoriker jüdischer Herkunft. 1919 - 1930 in der Gosudarstvennaja Publičnaja Biblioteka tätig, Leiter der Judaica-Abteilung.
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Dushman, Y.
Person · 1884–1947 · Schriftsteller, Übersetzer · Wilna · 5 sources
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Ephim H. Jeshurin
Person · 1885-07-09–1967-10-25 · Bibliograf, Publizist · Wilna · 5 sources
Jidd. Publizist über jiddische Literatur, 1906 von Litauen nach USA emigriert
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Israel Rubin Rivkai
Person · 1890–1954 · Wilna · 5 sources
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J. O. Leibowitz
Person · 1895–1993 · Arzt, Historiker · Wilna · 5 sources
Israelischer Arzt und Medizinhistoriker; geboren in Litauen, Studium und Arzttätigkeit in Deutschland; 1935 Emigration nach Palästina; 1980 Präsident der Internationalen Akademie der Geschichte der Medizin
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Shimshi, Tsevi
Person · 1862–1953 · Händler, Schriftsteller · Wilna · 5 sources
Zionist, Vater des späteren israelischen Ministerpräsidenten Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
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