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maskilic — adjective see maskil … Useful english dictionary
Maskil — Maskilic /mah skil ik/, adj. /mahs keel/, n., pl. Maskilim /mahs kee leem /. Judaism. an advocate or supporter of the Haskalah. [ < Heb maskil lit., enlightened] * * * … Universalium
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction CHILDREN S LITERATURE IN HEBREW early period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABRAMOVITSH, SHOLEM YANKEV — (Jacob, also Mendele Moykher Sforim; 1835 or 1836–1917), Hebrew and Yiddish writer, often called the grandfather of modern Judaic literature. Abramovitsh was born in Kapulia (Kopyl), near Minsk; he lived in Berdichev from 1858 to 1869 and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GOLDFADEN, ABRAHAM — (Avrom Goldfodem; 1840–1908), Yiddish poet, dramatist, and composer, founder of the modern Yiddish theater (see Theater, Yiddish ). Born into a watchmaker s family in Staro Konstantinov, Ukraine, he received not only a thorough Hebrew education… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MENDELSSOHN, MOSES — (Moses ben Menahem, acronym RaMbeMaN, or Moses of Dessau; 1729–1786), philosopher of the German Enlightenment in the pre Kantian period, early Maskil, and a renowned Jewish figure in the 18th century. Born in Dessau, son of a Torah scribe,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PERETZ, ISAAC LEIB — (Yitskhok Leybush; 1852–1915), Yiddish and Hebrew author. Peretz was one of the three classic Yiddish writers – with S.Y. Abramovitsh and sholem aleichem – and the founder of Yiddish modernism. In the first decade of the 20th century he was at… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHALOM ALEICHEM — (Sholem Aleykhem; narrative persona and subsequent pseudonym of Sholem Rabinovitsh (Rabinovitz); 1859–1916), Yiddish prose writer and humorist born on February 18, 1859 (old style; March 2, new style), in Pereyaslav (today: Pereyaslav… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TKHINES — (Yid., from Hebrew teḥinnot, supplications ), private devotions and paraliturgical prayers in Yiddish, written by women and men, recited primarily by women. As texts in the vernacular, tkhines are important sources for the history of popular… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
